Final Reflection

My final reflection video is in Mr. Bertoia’s external drive.

Computer Phishing

Phishing

What is a phishing?

Phishing is an act of sending the fake e-mails or set up a fake web site to trick you into disclosing your user name and password.

Sometimes this also called fishing because others are fishing private account information.

Once they gain your access, they can use your own personal information to charge your credit cards, empty your bank accounts, read your email, and lock you out of your online account by changing your password.

How do you receive phishing?

It usually starts from fake e-mail and fake web site.

Once, you check or visit those, they would receive your personal information.

How to stop them?

To stop them, you need to download a program such as anti-virus to get rid of phishing. 

safety

To be safe, first, do not put password in the e-mail account.

Second, do not go to the link that you do not know.

Lastly, if the mail or site is suspicious, do not do with anything.

Work sited

Phishing

“computer safety.”2 Dec 2008 <http://wheatoncollege.edu/IT_S/support/computersafety.html>.

“Phishing and Computer Security.”2 Dec 2008 <http://ezinearticles.com/?Phishing-and-Computer-Security&id=718545>.

“What is phishing? – A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary.”2 Dec 2008 <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/phishing.html>.

“Yahoo! Security Center: What is phishing?.”2 Dec 2008 http://security.yahoo.com/article.html?aid=2006111501.

Computer Worm

Worm

Computer Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse

What is a Trojan Horse?

Trojan Horse is a malicious program but different from a virus. It is a program that you run because you think it will serve the useful purpose such as a game or providing entertainment. The Trojan Horse, at first glance will appear to be useful software.

However, it actually do damage once it installed or run on your computer. When a Trojan horse is active in your computer, they can cause serious damage by deleting files and destroying information on your computer. However, it is not sent or spread to other computers. Trojans are also known as backdoor on the computer that gives malicious users access to your system. It is possibly allowing confidential or personal information to be compromised. 

How do you obtain Trojan Horse?

You mostly obtain a Trojan Horse when you download the files from e-mail, opening text file or Spy ware.  Usually the filenames are .exe, .scr, .bat, or .pif to let Windows know that it can be executed.

How to stop them?

If your computer is infected, first, install program on your PC that erases the virus.

Second, do virus checks to find which kind of virus you have. Third, erase the viruses that is on your computer.

Safety

To protect your computer from Trojan Horse, do not open attachments that you did not expect to gain. Especially, you did not recognize that e-mail address. Moreover, do not download files from file-sharing services such as Kazaa or Gnutella, because file-sharing services are known to be used to help Trojans spread.

 Work sited

Trojan Horse

“Antivirus World – What is a trojan horse?.”3 Dec 2008 <http://www.antivirusworld.com/articles/trojan-horse.php>.

“How can I treat this virus (Trojan Horse) ? – Yahoo! Answers.”2 Dec 2008 <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081201042453AAzabHU>.

“The Difference Between a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse?.”2 Dec 2008 <http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/virus.asp>.

“What’s a Trojan Horse virus?.”2 Dec 2008 <http://antivirus.about.com/b/2006/05/31/whats-a-trojan-horse-virus.htm>.

“What’s the difference between a ‘Trojan Horse’ a ‘Worm’ and a ‘Virus’? – Ask Leo!.”2 Dec 2008 <http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_difference_between_a_trojan_horse_a_worm_and_a_virus.html>.

Computer Virus

What is a virus?
A virus is computer program that copies or infect other computers’ information without knowledge of the user. A virus might corrupt or delete the files in your computer.Once you obtain the virus, virus begin to work and spread when you start up the program or application of which the virus is presented.Viruses behave in different ways. Some of the virus stay active when the application it is part of is running. If you turn off the computer the virus is inactive. Other viruses will operate everytime you turn on your
computer after infecting system or network.

How do you receive virus?
Virus is passed from one computer to another. A virus can attached to your files that you copied to your computer. You mostly recieve viruses from Internet activities such as e-mail, downloading files or surfing the internet. Moreover, virus can also come from computer disks or other storage devices that are connected to your computer.

How to stop them?
As I said before, virus can be transferred to other computers without knowing. The best way to stop virus is downloading a safety virus protection software such as Anti-virus. The software can scan your machine and removes the virus that are found.  It is important to check or upgrade your virus program regularly as new viruses appear everyday.

Safety (What should I be careful)
To prevent the virus or to be safety, it is essential to keep your computer with the latest update and anti virus tools, stay informed about recent threats, and that you follow a basic rules when you surf the internet. You should be careful of surfing internet like downloading and open attachments.

Advanced Google Search

When I used word “Atlantis” for research, I had number of hits about 42,000,000 for Atlantis. Moreover, there were information about resort, movie and space shuttle. After I used advanced search with key words ‘Atlantis continent’ and put ‘shuttle’, ‘film’, ‘movie’ in unwanted words, the number of hits were about 79,900. Then we had results about the lost continent of Atlantis, which we wanted to find.

By searching “Waterbury” with one or more of these words: Vermont VT and any of these unwanted words: Connecticut CT, we had 86600 hits about travel and hotels in Waterbury, Vermont. In the above searches, we have used the terms of multiple meanings and synonyms.

For “San Diego State University,” we had 1,570,000 hits in 0.07 seconds. There was information about education in San Diego State University. When we put “San Diego State University” in exact wording or phrase, there were about 1,140,000 hits. The page was about academic programs in SDSU and public buildings in SDSU. When we typed “Bill 602P” in exact wording or phrase, we had about 112 hits. The page was about “Four Nets for Better Searching”. When we typed “We know he has weapons of mass destruction” in exact wording or phrase, we had 9 hits and the information were about “Four Nets for Better Searching,” Singapore Properties, and advanced search. When we typed “demonstrating genuine leadership” in exact wording or phrase, we had 70 hits, and information about “Four Nets for Better Searching,” Department of Educational Leadership, politics, and a journal of incisive ideas.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/shakespeare/ – about Shakespeare.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/ – index of academics/education/projects/web quests.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/ – about Web-Based Projects for every subject in elementary and secondary/middle school.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/ – it goes to http://education.richmond.edu/

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/ – it goes to http://www.richmond.edu/majors/index.html and talks about majors, school programs, and graduate programs in University of Richmond.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/ – about the organization of University of Richmond’s campus.

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/wmi/wq/collin/index.html – page is not found

so we went to http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us and find “WMI.” Then we went to http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/wmi/ but couldn’t find anything about Shakespeare.

We tried different ways such as http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/wmi/wq , http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/wmi/wq/collin , and http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/index.html but still couldn’t find about Shakespeare.

Then we searched the site in Google, and we had this page with the name “Untitled Document”. Finally we found the site that shows the information about “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare.

We searched http://www.ssischool.org/ in find pages similar to the page and the information that we had were about other international schools in Vietnam and about Phu My Hung. The numbers of hits were about 27. When we searched http://www.ssischool.org/ in find pages that link to the page, we had 4 hits and information about SSIS, UNI Overseas Recruiting Fair, and about Vietnam.

When we searched kids.msfc.nasa.gov in find pages similar to the page, we had about 27 hits and information about Kids’ education. When we searched kids.msfc.nasa.gov in find pages that link to the page, we had 606 hits and information about Science Resources, Summer Library Program, and NASA Robotics.

What I learned from google search is that if we use google advanced search, we can find the accurate information faster. Moreover, while I used  adcanved google search, I learned some signs too. For example, if there are unwanted words, you can use negative sign (-) to get rid of that word.

Another fact that I learned is if the page is unfounded, I can search that site in google and find that site.

Lastly, I learned how to find similar pages and the page that links to. From now, I can research more accurately and easily…

Element-Silver

My element is silver. Atomic number of silver is 47. It’s solid and metallic. It does not have exact discovered place but it is mostly found in China. The symbol came from the Latin word argentum. There are 47 protons and electrons and 61 neutrons. Pure silver has a brilliant white metallic luster. It is a little harder than gold and is very ductile and malleable. Pure silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of all metals.

Reflection of International day

Yesterday was international day and our school did some activities and simulations. The title was ‘A day in the world’s shoes.’  First, we made bags to empathize people in the poverty. They always make bag and if they made 200 bags, they only earn $0.25. In poor countries, there are only 1 toilet and 200 people use that. And then we did simulation to understand how hard if you have handicap. My homeroom went outside to do another activity and it was choosing the survival materials. After that, we moved to room 401 and did activity that is related to global issues. For example, it was different how to treat people who are CEO and people with no money.

The fact that 45% of population are living with under $2 impact on me.  I did not know that much people are in poor condition. Also, they die because they starve… they don’t have any food to eat. I realized importance of the food. Moreover, I felt that they really need help from other people.

Finally, I learned that I can help poverty people even I am a teenager. When I grow up, I will be a doctor and I will provide help to them…

Picture of SSIS

This is SSIS elementary building and auditorium

Picture of Phu My Hung

I took this picture infront of my house.