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potential threats which the use of IT has introduced.
Social Networking
The Social Networking is a website on the Internet which
brings the people together in a central location to talk gossip, share ideas,
share photos, share ideas, share interests, share videos and to make new
friends. There are lots of social networking sites these are facebook, bebo,
Classmates, Twitter, Friendster, MSN, and Linked in, Yahoo Messenger, YouTube
and Skype.
There are good things of social networking. These are when you
keep in touch with your friends and families. You can talk to your friends
through webcam. The social networking sites are free to social network with
others. You can make new friends through social networking sites such as
facebook, twitter and bebo. Also you can post about your achievements and about
your interests.
There are bad things of social networking. These are when
people cyber bully you. Cyber bullying is bulling on line. It is like when they
swear at you on social networking sites, when they threaten you on social sites
and also when they post an image of you on social networking sites. Also when
people post unkind stuffs about you. They can hack your profile as well by
writing rude gossips and messages. Also in social networking people use fake
profile to hack your account.
Shopping Online
Shopping online is when you shop on the
internet. This can be called in other words e-commerce. Online shopping is done
when the user enters their credit card details when they want to buy something
on the Internet.
The advantages of shopping online is you van shop easily and
comfortable on the computer instead of going to the shop an purchasing there.
So you can purchase your product so the internet. Also when the shop is closed
you can still use the internet to shop online. This called convenience. You can
shop anywhere you want. It saves your time to shop online instead of staying
queued in the shops. You can also read the reviews about the products.
There are disadvantages of shopping online are when some
sites are fake then the user enters their credit card details and then they get
robbed. To avoid going to fake websites the user should check that the web site
link is followed by https not http. Also the website has to be secure with the
padlock key at the top of the website. Another disadvantage of shopping online
is when the shipping cost is expensive. Also you cannot try the item you want
to purchase before you want to buy it. Some sites has lack of customer service
such when it takes the item to return to you for long.
Email Spam’s
Email Spam is when you receive an unknown message from
people who you don’t know. In other words we say it is junk mail. It is referred
as Unsolicited Commercial Email, junk mail or bulk email. Spam use to send email without prior
approval. This can be done when they promote a product to the user and to scam
to get other people money when the user pays for the product. Spam is prohibited
in some countries. When the user gets a spam email, the user must delete the
spam message instead of reading it.
Viruses
It is a computer virus which is spread from one computer to
others. The Virus slows down the computer. It is bad software for a computer.
The virus causes by spreading it by other computers by monitoring the floppy
disk which is inserted in the computer. When the floppy disk is infected the it
would infect all other computers. Also users can remove the virus of computer
by installing an antivirus
Malware
A malware is known as the malicious software. It is a
program which is used to change user’s settings without of his or her
permissions. It is deleting a competing programme. It also blocks software by
working. It damages and disables the computer as well. The Malware disrupts the
computer. Malware also steals other people business, financial and others
documents.
Spyware
Spyware is a type of malware. It is installed on the other
user’s computer. It is installed on the other user’s computer system secretly.
The spyware sends information such as the user accounts, details or passwords.
The spyware goes to other computers without permission. It is also known as
spying. In other words it means that spying what other user is doing on their
computer. This software is used to track other user’s computer.
The users also share files with their friends. They share
stuffs like videos, images, and podcasts and also they share news. These are
the good things of file sharing sites and the users find it entertaining. Bu
the negative reason of file sharing sites is that people can hack the profile
of the users. Also other users can access your
Phishing
Phishing is a common online fraud. It is
very criminal to do it. It means trying to get other users details by
pretending like a business administrator or teacher. Phishing is also known as
scamming the users by sending emails or by creating web pages. It is used to
collect an individual’s online bank account, credit card or user login details.
This makes the user to enter their details so that others can pretend to be a
business administrator. Phishing is used to deceive the user and to steal the
personal information of the use such as password, login details, addressee,
credit card and bank details. To avoid the phishing user should stop visiting
unknown and radon websites otherwise they could be hacked. Secondly the user
should never send their personal information through the email.
Computer Worms
A worm is a destructive and destructing
software programme. The worm software includes containing code capable to
gaining to access the computer or the network. The worm causes worst disaster
to the computer such as deleting the files, modifying, distributing and also
manipulating the data. This became as
the first internet worm. The worms can copy their self on other computers. Also
the worms could clog the internet and these causes to grind to a halt. It is
also known as the malicious computer programme.
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