8. Safe Practices for Life Online

1.  1) Facebook
     2) Match.com
     3) Christian Mingle

2. Students can have many consequences by putting too much information on to social network sites. Students can put too much information in their screen names allowing hackers to figure out more about them or be able to guess their password. Parents should have more discipline on their children and watch what they are doing on these sites.

3. Sexting- Sending sexually explicit texts
    Cramming- the fraudulent practice of adding unauthorized charges to a customer's phone bill.
    Cookie- Small file relating to a website
    Trojan- is malware that appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to run or install but instead facilitates unauthorized access of the user's computer system.
    Phishing- the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company.
    Spyware- software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.
     Rootkit-  set of software tools that enable an unauthorized user to gain control of a computer system without being detected.
     Zombie-  a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker, computer virus or trojan horse and can be used to perform malicious tasks of one sort or another under remote direction.

4. These screen names are poor choices for students because they don't identify the students and some of the names are inappropriate.

5. With screen names like those they are giving off the wrong idea. Lookin4Luv or IMAHottie are very inappropriate names and sounds like teenagers looking for the wrong kind of attention.

6. Tom_Evans34 is giving out Tom's first and last name.
    Missy-13 could be stating that she is 13.
    AndyKarateKid is stating that he obviously takes karate.
    ViolinGurl isn't too revealing because she is not giving out a name but she is stating that she is a girl who plays the violin.
    restlinmatch is like the ViolinGurl, they are not stating their name but you can tell they are into wrestling.

7. i8sushi2- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    Soccerstar- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    Puppygirl1234- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    KeKe1995- Bad choice, it clearly states her name and possibly the year she was born.
    Bookworm- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    2BorNot2b- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    Choco-holic- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    CapitlOfens- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    AmrcanIdol2- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    BellaIsabella- Bad choice, because that could possibly be her first name and middle name.
    DarkAngel666- Good choice, but sounds a little inappropriate.
    Karla-Love-1996- Bad choice, because it gives away her name, maybe her middle her last name, and possibly the year she was born.
    SimpyMe- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    gUn4hiRe- Good choice, it does not give away any information but it doesn't really make any sense.
    babyfaceLA- Good choice, because its not giving away any personal information and still adds personality.
    Watup?- Good choice, does not give away any information.

8. 1) FlowerGurl#1
    2) KittyLover2
    3) 2FitGirl

9. It is very common for a password to be cracked. A poor score is a warning to create a new password immediately.
 a) no
 b) no
 c) no
 d) yes +2
 e) yes +2
 f) yes +2
 g)  no
 h)  yes +3
 i) no
 j) no
 k) no
 l) no
 m) no
 n) no
 o) no
 p) yes -3

10. Most common reason students' online accounts are broken into each year: Students give their password to their friends, who then decide to use it or give it to others to use.
     Least common reason students' online accounts are broken into each year: Other students see the password as the student enters it on a keyboard.

11.
In this video I learned that drive-by downloads are unauthorized downloads. If you click on any email from a hacker your computer will be hacked with mal-ware. These emails and ads can be on any website, even legitimate ones. There are many visual signs that your computer is infected. They are: unusual applications in your program bar, your web browser's homepage changed, unfamiliar toolbar appears in your web browser, your browser has new bookmarks you didn't make, pop-up windows display ads, and unusual files in different directories on your computer. This mal-ware redirects your browser to other URLs and starts to download more junk and random files onto your computer. It also sends people emails from your account that you may not be aware of.

There are many things you can do to prevent this from happening to your PC. Anybody owning a PC should make sure they have the proper protective software to keep their computers safe from these problems. Other defensive tips include: keeping up with patches, harden your web browser, block dangerous file types at your Firebox and use antivirus and anti-spyware software and keep it up to date. If your PC does get hacked by this mal-ware and drive-by downloads you should reformat the computer drive and wipe it clean.