23-12-2017, 04:31 PM
Malwares
*Malware is a general term used to refer Malicious Softwares that can harm the computer.
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In cyber law malware is known as
Ans : Computer Contaminants
*Examples of Malware - Computer viruses, Worms, Trojan horses, Spyware etc.
*The most dangerous computer malware Flame (It has a property of Virus)
Spyware
*Spyware is a malware which downloads itself onto the computer system through an email or a downloaded program
*Spyware Scans Computer hard disk automatically for personal information
*Spyware sends the collected secret information to the individuals who created the spyware
Firewall
*Firewall is a protection scheme for data.
*It protects our information system from unsecured public network.
*Examples of Firewell software - Comodo, Ashampoo, Agnitum Outpost, Zone Alaram etc.
Cryptography
*Cryptography is the science of secret writing.
*Cryptography consists of encrypting and decrypting of data.
*Encrypting is the process of transporting plain text to unreadable scrambled text called cipher text.
*Decryption is the reverse process of encryption. It converts unreadable cipher text to plain text.
*The word cryptography was originated from Greek words ‘Kryptos’ means secret and ‘graphein’ means writing.
Digital Signature
*Electronic files that are used to identify people and resources over internet.
*It ensures that the credibility of the gender, who sends the data over Internet.
Any electronic signat tire or electronic authentication technique shall be considered reliable:
(a) If the signature creation data or the authentication data are, within the context linked to die signatory or as the case be, the authenticator and of no other person.
(b) If the signature creation data or authentication data Were, at the time of Signing; under the control of the signatory or, as the case maybe, the authenticator and made after its authentication by electronic
(c )If any alteration to the information made after is authentication by electronic signature is detectable
(d) All the above
Ans: (d) All the above
