TIPS TO STAY SAFE ONLINE
replicate itself and transfer from one computer
- Be mindful of what you share online and what
site you share it to.
- Do not just accept terms and conditions; read it.
- Check out the privacy policy page of a website
to learn how the website handles the information
you share.
- Know the security features of the social
networking site you use. By keeping your profile
private, search engines will not be able to scan your
profile.
- Do not share your password with anyone
- Avoid logging in to public networks/Wi-Fi.
Browsing in private mode will not protect you from
hackers.
- Do not talk to strangers whether online or face
to face.
TIPS TO STAY SAFE ONLINE
- Never post anything about a future vacation. It
is similar to posting, “Rob my house at this date”
- Add friends you know in real life.
- Avoid visiting untrusted websites.
- Install and update an antivirus software on your
computer. Use only one anti virus software to avoid
conflicts.
- If you have a Wi-Fi at home, Make it a private
network by adding a password.
- Avoid downloading anything from untrusted
websites.
- Buy the software; do not use pirated ones.
- Do not reply or click links from suspicious
emails.
INTERNET THREATS
MALWARE
- stands for malicious software
VIRUS
- a malicious program designed to
to another either through the internet and local
networks or data storage like flash drives and
CD’s.
WORM
- a malicious program that transfers from
one computer to another by any type of means.
Often, it uses a computer network to spread
itself.
TROJAN
- A malicious program that is disguised as
a useful program but once downloaded or
installed, leaves your PC unprotected and allows
hackers to get your information.
ROGUE SECURITY SOFTWARE
- tricks the user into posing that it is a
security software. It asks the user to pay to
improve the security but in reality they are not
protected at all.
SPYWARE
- a program that runs in the background
without you knowing it. It has the ability to
monitor what you are currently doing and typing
through keylogging.
KEYLOGGERS
- used to record the keystroke done by
the users. This is done to steal passwords or any
sensitive information.
ADWARE
- a program designed to send you
advertisements, mostly as pop-ups.
INTERNET THREATS
SPAM
- unwanted email mostly from bots or
advertisers.
- It can be used to send malware.
PHISHING
 - its goal is to acquire sensitive personal
information like passwords and credit card
details. This is done by sending you an email
that will direct the use to visit a website and be
asked to update his/her username, password,
credit card or personal information.
o Few programs running on their own
o File multiplying/duplicating on its own
o Files or programs that are new and
unknown

PHARMING o Denied access to files and folders

- a more complicated way of phishing o The sound of a hard drive in continuant

where it exploits the action

- DNS (Domain Name Service) System PROTECTING REPUTATIONS ONLINE

- Your online reputation is the information

WHAT IS ILOVEYOU VIRUS? – DEFINITION
- The ILOVEYOU virus is a computer virus
(or) worm. It’s spread through an email with a
subject line that said “I love you” in 2000.
- ILOVEYOU is one of the most well-
known and worst computer viruses of all time.
HISTORY OF ILOVEYOU VIRUS
- In the third month of the year 1999, the
Melissa virus was circulated in the online space as an
e-mail attachment. This fast-spreading macro virus
when opened disabled a number of security features
in Word 97 or Word 2000. In the case of users who
had the MS Outlook e-mail program, aided the virus
to be resent to the first 50 people in each of the
user’s address books. It created a havoc crippling
many computers across the globe!
people find about you online, so hiding behind
privacy settings actually puts you at risk if
something negative were to come out about you
or your company. Make no mistake -- everyone
is at risk of negative content online. Of the 75
percent of U.S. adults who Google themselves,
nearly half say the results aren’t positive.
- The reason is simple. Anyone can write
anything about you online, typically without
consequence. A jealous competitor can
anonymously write a critical blog post or fill out
a damning RipoffReport. An angry client can
write a horrible review for your business without
recourse.
BULLYING

- The ILOVEYOU virus was set free in the wild

from the Philipines very soon after the Melissa virus
issue was settled. It attacked tens of millions of
Windows PCs on and after 5th of May 2000. Notably,
while the ‘Melissa’ was a virus attack, the ILOVEYOU
digital menace came in the form of a worm. The
ILOVEYOU virus sometimes related to as Love Letter
or Love Bug, was triggered as an email message with
the subject line “ILOVEYOU” and the attachment
“LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs”.

SIGNS OF A VIRUS INFECTION

- It is vital to know these signs and

symptoms to steer clear of the dangers-

o Comp performance is slower than usual

o Irrelevant pop-ups that keep coming

back to back
THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK
- here are things you might want to
consider before posting something over the
internet:
1. Would you want your parents or grandparents
see it? Future boss?

- Once you post something on the web,

you have no control of who sees your posts.

2. Your friends depend on you to protect their

reputation online. TIPS TO AVOID COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

3. set your posts to “private”. In this way search UNDERSTAND

engines will not be able to scan your posts.
4. Avoid using names, Names are easy for search
engines to scan.
5. If you feel that a post can affect you or other’s
reputation, ask the one who posted it to pull it down
or down or report it as inappropriate.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
- Copyright infringement (colloquially
referred to as piracy) is the use of works
protected by copyright law without permission,
infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the
copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce,
distribute, display or perform the protected
work, or to make derivative works.
- The copyright holder is typically the
work's creator, or a publisher or other business
to whom copyright has been assigned. Copyright
holders routinely invoke legal and technological
measures to prevent and penalize copyright
infringement.
- A copyright infringement is a violation of
an individual or organization's copyright. It
describes the unauthorized use of copyrighted
material, such as text, photos, videos, music,
software, and other original content. In the
computer industry, copyright violations often
refer to software programs and websites.
- Copyright protects literacy works,
photographs, paintings, drawings, films,
music/lyrics, choreography and sculptures, but
it generally does NOT protect underlying ideas
and facts. It means that you can express
something using your own words, but you
should give credit to the source.
BE RESPONSIBLE
- Even if a material does not say that is
copyrighted, it is not a valid defense against
copyright. Be responsible enough to know if
something has a copyright.
BE CREATIVE
- Ask yourself whether what you are
making is something that came from you or
something made from somebody else’s
creativity. It is important to add your own
creative genius in everything that will be
credited to you.
KNOW THE LAW
- There are some limitations to copyright
laws. Seek permission first.
ONLINE RESEARCH
- The information we need is more likely
already in the internet. It is just a matter of
how to look for it and how to use information
from the most CREDIBLE source.
1. Have a question in mind
2. Narrow it down
3. Advance Search
 4. Look for a credible source ◦ Parentheses ()
5. Give credit
◦ Quotation Marks “”
TIPS FOR ADVANCE SEARCHING
◦ NOT + -
- In Microsoft search engine, Bing, you
can use certain keywords and symbols for your
advance search:
◦ AND &

Symbol Function ◦ OR |
+ Finds web pages that contain all the terms that
are preceded by the + symbol; allows you to include
terms that are usually ignored

“” Finds the exact words in a phrase

() Finds or excludes web pages that contains a

group of words

AND or & Finds web pages that contain all the

terms or phrases

NOT or - Excludes web pages that contain a term

or phrase

OR or | Finds web pages that contain either of the

terms or phrases

HOW BING SEARCH ENGINE WORKS

- By default, all searches are AND

searches

- You must capitalize the NOT and OR

functions. Otherwise, Bing will ignore them as
stop words; which are commonly occurring
words and numbers that are omitted to speed a
full-text search

- Stop words and all punctuation marks,

except for the symbols noted in the table are
ignored unless they are surrounded by
quotation marks or preceded by the + symbol.

- Only the first ten terms are used to get

search results

- Similar to the MDAS, whenever you

solve an arithmetic problem, term grouping and
Boolean functions are supported in the
following preferred order