Reading Response Blog 7

1.) a. Junk Cleaing Programs (Disk Medic)
b. Windows disk cleanup utility
c. Delete uneeded files
d. Delete duplicated files

2.) I do not currently have a computer, but i when i did i used the virus scan and i deleted the cookie file about once or twice a month

3.) Process of removing or writing over files with ones or zeros so the magnetic particles that store the information lose all record of what they once held.... important becuase people cant view whats on your hardrive..

4.) Cookies are text files left on your computer after you visit a commercial website... conveniant because online advertisers can see what kind of websites you visit and show you reccomended products that relate your interests.. cookies are not good because certain advertising networks will track people by name as they visit different websites...

5.)Key loggers are programs that record every keystroke you make and email the file to a hacker... Lavasoft's Ad-Aware Personal and Microsoft Windows Defender...Many of the companies offering free anti-spyware software are actually spyware promulgators.

6.)Phishing- Process of aquiring sensitive information by sending emails directing a user to a fake website...

Pharming- Type of identity theft commited when you land on a phony website.