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Old 23-06-2010, 16:45   #16
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

18/30 not too bad for this Warlock
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Old 23-06-2010, 17:24   #17
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

The best security question to ask is why the URL has the words VOTE in the title.. In that case you've all failed
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Old 23-06-2010, 17:30   #18
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

24/30 Yet i only got one wrong (the botnet one)

Hackers aren`t all bad plus i disagree with what they claim spyware is also they contradict themselves

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Old 23-06-2010, 17:54   #19
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

22/30
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Old 24-06-2010, 00:18   #20
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Old 24-06-2010, 01:22   #21
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20/30
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Old 24-06-2010, 01:33   #22
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

20 out of 30. Happy with that.
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Old 24-06-2010, 07:07   #23
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

Eww 14 out of 30 what a dunce!
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

23/30. Not bad!

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Re: Are you a security wizard?

We have something at work re-Data Protection. It's humourous to a point with some of the answers, but highly subjective and open to all kinds of intepretations.
Written by market researchers with little idea of what a computer is.

22/30 BTW and having seen the answers would dispute those wrong.
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

28/30, only wrong one being the exe question, because relying on a virus scanner to tell you something is fine is still dumb, although it does say "probably ok", which is true.


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We have something at work re-Data Protection. It's humourous to a point with some of the answers, but highly subjective and open to all kinds of intepretations.
Written by market researchers with little idea of what a computer is.

22/30 BTW and having seen the answers would dispute those wrong.
I'd love to see which you'd dispute as the only one I would think of disputing would be the one about running the EXE, there definitely aren't another 3 which can be argued any other way.
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Old 08-07-2010, 10:47   #27
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

28/30, well pleased with that!
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

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I'd love to see which you'd dispute as the only one I would think of disputing would be the one about running the EXE, there definitely aren't another 3 which can be argued any other way.
I`d certainly dispute the terminology for spyware, surely a keylogger is spyware!

From Wiki so it must be right

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Spyware is a type of malware that is installed on computers and collects little bits of information at a time about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's personal computer. Sometimes, however, spywares such as keyloggers are installed by the owner of a shared, corporate, or public computer on purpose in order to secretly monitor other users.
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Old 08-07-2010, 17:16   #29
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

19/30..I'm harry potter's owl
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Old 08-07-2010, 21:41   #30
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Re: Are you a security wizard?

27/30 - shame they don't say which you got wrong.
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