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Lesson 4:   Viruses - part 1   |  part 2

 

Almost every computer is at risk from viruses. Even computers in the 1970s were infected sometimes, but today the risks are much higher. Click on the radio button and the analysis will appear on the right.

How safe is your PC? Try this quiz.

1. What operating system do you have?
dont know   Windows   Linux   Apple   other

 

2. If you answered Windows, which version?
win XP   win Vista   win 7   win 8

 

3. What user privileges do you have?
administrator   don't know   user

 

4. Which e-mail client do you use?
other   Outlook Express   Outlook   webmail

 

5. When did you last update/patch your operating system?
never   this month   this week   this year

 

6. When did you last update your anti-virus software?
never   what anti-virus software?   more than a month ago   this week

 

7. Your firewall is
hardware   software   non existent

 

8. Where is your computer?
in a small business   in a large business   at home

 

9. Your internet connection is
broadband - always on   dial-up   broadband - sometimes on   none

 

10 which of these have you never heard of?
MeroHaX   MyDoom   VPN   telnet

 

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