Personal Safety in Cyberspace
The Internet, email, text messaging, mobile phones, online forums - young people are bombarded with technology, but are these means of communication safe or do they pose a risk to our young ones? This pack looks at the dangers of chat rooms, phishing, webcams, cyber-bullying and online scams. It provides young people with the information they need to stay secure in the virtual world.
It covers the following:
- History of computing
- The Internet and World Wide Web
- Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Browser-hijacking
- Antivirus software
- Adware and spyware
- Anti-adware and spyware software
- Denial of service
- Email scams
- Email hoaxes
- Phishing
- Spam & spim
- Social networking websites
- Chat rooms
- Cyber-bullying
- Instant messaging