Upload
kanha-sahu
View
30
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
1
Title
Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart
Classification
Spyware can be classified as a type of Trojan horse, which is a type of technology-based security incident, allowing for information security policy violation.
2
Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart
Malware, Virus, Trojan, Worm
3
Malware
Trojan
Virus Worms
Spyware
Malwares are the program with malicious intention. It can be damaging your computer, spying on you or any other malicious task.
Virus is a program to cause damage to computer.
Trojan is a program which is used to gain access to a computer by installing a program on infected PC to open some backdoor.
Worm is a program which infects the computers which are connected by some network. Worms slow down the network.
Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart 4
Worms
Trojan
Virus
Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart
Spyware - Introduction
is like a spy, it secretly steals information.
are the program which are used to monitor/Log the activity performed on a computer.
Spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and transmits that information in the background to someone else.
can also gather information about E-mail addresses and even passwords and credit card numbers.
5
Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart
Spyware - Introduction
Spyware can sneak onto systems, monitoring them, capturing user data, and transmitting it to third parties.
6
Spyware is used to spy on some one either for legal or illegal purpose.
Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart
What Spyware can do ?
that can be annoying and can cause your computer slow down or crash.
7
that can change your web browser's home page or search page .
that can gather information about E-mail addresses and passwords and credit card numbers.
Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart
Anti-Spyware
Anti-Spyware, as the name suggests, are security software developed to protect computers from spyware.
Many programmers and some commercial firms have released products dedicated to remove or block spyware.
Major anti-virus such as Symantec, PC Tools, McAfee and Sophos have also added anti-spyware features to their existing anti-virus products.
- Some popular anti-spyware:-● Spybot Search and Destroy
● Ad Aware
● Spysweeper Software
● Kaspersky
● Norton
● McAfee
● AVG
8
Chhattisgarh Engineering college
9
Title
Thank You..