Viruses and Hoaxes

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Viruses and Hoaxes
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Viruses

• Viruses can be transmitted through the following
  applications
• Email
• Webpages
• Executables
• Computer viruses cannot be transmitted from human
  to computer.

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Free Virus scan software

• Panda Scan
• Trend Micro
• Most virus scan software offer
• 30-day trial offers.

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Hoaxes Tall tales of the net

• Internet hoaxes come in all formats webpages,
  email forwards, bulletin board posts.
• Most have some basis in reality, but most are
  just tall tales.

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Hoaxes

• Nigerian Bank scams
• ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION
  WITH THE UNITED NATION.
• ATTNSir/Madam, How are you today? Hope all is
  well with you and family?, You may not understand
  why this mail came to you. We have been having a
  meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2
  days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED
  NATIONS.This email is to all the people that have
  been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED
  NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the
  sum of US 500,000,00 This includes every foriegn
  contractors that may have not received their
  contract sum, and people that have had an
  unfinished transaction or international
  businesses that failed due to Government problems
  etc.We found your name in our list and that is
  why we are contacting you, this have been agreed
  upon and have been signed. Therefore, we are
  happy to inform you that an arrangement has
  perfectly been concluded to effect your payment
  as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent.
• Making the world a better placeRegards,Mr.
  Kofi AnnanFormer Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).

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Other hoaxes

• Kids with cancer wanting to collect names before
  they die.
• Images adjusted to make a face in the sunset.
• Forwards that must be sent on in 5 minutes or
  your life will be destroyed!!

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Hacking is hard work!