Nt1330 Unit 3 Assignment 1

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Well today when I did this assignment and I took this quiz I learned many things. For example; I never knew before that malware can be spread through security warning ads like the ones that tell you if you download a certain software to help your computer turn out to be something to do the exact opposite. It is insane to think so many things that seem harmless can actually hurt your computer even though there are many things that may hurt your computer; there are many things you can do to protect your computer as well. There are a few things you can for example; you could do one of the three “Antivirus: Specifically protects against viruses, Anti-spyware: Protects against malicious software that may be gathering your information without your …show more content…
More times than not people often pick easy passwords to remember like their child’s name or their birthday, that is a big mistake because hackers can easily figure this out. It is always good to pick a password that has a special character. Now for me when I usually pick a password sometimes I pick the same password, which is probably very bad. One thing I learned is that I can use different passwords and keep them all manageable. One way I can keep my passwords safe is by using a password manger “Instead of writing your passwords on paper where others can easily see them, you can use a password manager to encrypt and store them online. Some password managers can also generate random passwords, making your information even more secure. Examples of password managers include LastPass, KeePass, Firefox's password manager, and Google Chrome's password manager” (Password …show more content…
That is why we need either more laws to help with this kind of stuff or we need a way to be able to help ourselves when these types of situations arise. Now I am familiar with online harassment in a way someone types in my name in Google and this person found some harmless photos of me like my old Facebook photos this person thought that if they expose these photos it will cause a rift in my relationship with my dad. So this person took my photos and went and showed them to my father my dad did not care because he already knew about these photos and has seen them many times before. This person made my life very hard she would harass me on a daily basis and she would do anything to make me