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    They choke the Internet and waste our time. Stopping these spam e-mails is difficult, but there are
     many services available on the Internet which can prevent spammers from sending these e-mails.
                                                                       PLAGIARISM
     Following are some tips to avoid spams:                           Plagiarism is the act of copying information from
       Avoid sharing your e-mail id with everyone.                     the Internet and using it in one’s projects or work

        Set up filters to scan your e-mails and segregate spam or junk e-mails into a separate folder.  without  crediting  the  original  creator.  Collins
       Never revert to any spam e-mail.                                Dictionary defines plagiarism as the practice of
                                                                       using someone else’s work and pretending that it
                                                                       is your own. It is considered academic dishonesty
                                                                       and literary theft.
     What is the name of the first hacker?
                     Following are some tips to avoid plagiarism:

     HACKING            Do not copy someone else’s work.

     Hacking  is the act  of intruding  into  a computer      Do not submit someone’s work without the permission of the contributors involved.
     system  for  harmful  purposes  by  identifying  the      Do not keep the same structure of someone else’s work and only modify the text.
     technical weak points of the security system using
     smart programming solutions. The person involved   1.   What are the trail or records we leave behind after surfing the Internet
                                                 called?
     in these activities is called a hacker.     ______________________________________________________________

     Following are some tips to avoid hacking:  uiz  Bee  2.   What is the illegal practice of obtaining sensitive information through
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        Update  your  operating  system,  web  browser   e-mails?  Century
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     and anti-virus.
        Install a firewall on your computer as it does not allow hackers and viruses to get attached to
     your computer.  SOFTWARE PIRACY
                     Software piracy is the unauthorised copying or stealing of software, movies, music and making
     PHISHING        these copies available on the Internet. Every software has a license. When we buy a software, we

     Phishing is the illegal practice of obtaining sensitive information through e-mails. The criminals   become an authorised user of that software.
     try to get information like user name, password and credit card details from us through e-mails.   But, if we make copies of the software and give it to others to use, then it is against the law. There
     People  with malicious  intentions  usually  fake their identity  and pose  as a known contact  or   are different types of software piracy including borrowing and installing a copy of the software
     organisation.   from someone, installing and selling unauthorised copies of the software, duplicating and selling

     They send e-mails from legitimate-looking   copyrighted programs and downloading illegal software from the Internet.
     websites  with genuine-looking  offers, rewards   Following are some tips to avoid software piracy:
     or concerns as attachments. If opened, it installs      Do not download any software without license.
     malware in our system or directs us to a website      Register yourself on the company’s official website before using the software.
     for entering our sensitive information.

     Following are some tips to avoid phishing:   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

        Do not  open e-mails  without  verifying the   The property that arises from human intelligence is called intellectual property. It includes  creations
     source.         of the mind like books, paintings, music compositions, movies, video games, software, etc.

        Do not share your personal information via e-mails. It must be shared only via smartphone or   Intellectual Property Rights are the exclusive rights given by the government to the owners of
     a secure website.  intellectual creations. We can protect our creations by creating copyrights on them.

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