Essential Question: How can I protect myself from viruses?
Mastery Objectives:
Understand how viruses are created and spread
Understand how to protect your computer from malware
Learn the different kinds of malware
Directions: Read the following article entitled, "Virus Underground" and answer the questions below. Copy and paste the questions and answer them in google docs. Submit the assignment through google classroom. ***THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DESIGNED SO IF YOU GOOGLE EACH QUESTION, THE ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT WILL BE MARKED WRONG. YOU NEED TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.***
Essential Question: How can I protect myself from viruses?
Mastery Objectives:
Understand how viruses are created and spread
Understand how to protect your computer from malware
Learn the different kinds of malware
Directions: Read the following article entitled, "Virus Underground" and answer the questions below:
Submit to schoology.com for the assignment: Virus Underground
Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/magazine/the-virus-underground.html
What is malware?
What is a trojan horse?
What is the purpose of the trojan generator?
Describe the way that elite writers spread their viruses.
What is a script kiddie?
Describe the life of the blaster virus.
If you were a judge, how would you determine the penalty for a virus creator? What kind of prison sentence would you give them if any?
How would you determine the prison sentence for someone who originally spread the virus?
Where do most virus writers come from?
What is the programming language of choice for most virus writers?
What is a keylogger?
What do you think the term 'arm-chair psychologist' means?
What is the difference between a virus and a worm?
What is a network worm?
What is a Warhol worm? Why is it called that?
Why is Microsoft targeted?
What is multithreading?
What does a spidering engine do?
This article is very old. How has virus culture changed since the article was written? Answer this question by researching the Internet. Include a hyperlink to your answer.