Chapter 8 was very informative because I just got the Trojan horse virus from corrupted music files. The Trojan virus is a file virus that can completely ruin your computer if not caught. In this chapter I learned that there is a set of computer ethics, which I never knew existed. They are used to determine what is right and wrong with computer use. I learned there are 3 types of viruses, boot sector viruses, file viruses, and macro viruses.
I learned this week to NOT download music illegally and not accept files from another persons computer, even if I know them. My roommate had no idea she had a virus on her laptop and then she passed it on to me through the Beatles Anthology. Who ever thought the Beatles could do such harm? I had to reformat my laptop and I lost all my music files. Although I got them back off my IPOD through a program called Sharepod. Its great. Use it if you must!
News: I also put a new password on my computer because I am not risking losing all my documents, programs, and files again!
3 comments:
That completely sucks about your computer. That's why I don't download music like that because I'm afraid I'll catch something too.
thanks!!! my computer just crashed and i was not sure what the program was to get them off my ipod onto my computer...
sorry to hear about your computer that sucks!
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