NetAssure covers the following three areas: malware, spyware and spam. In each area students learn what the threats are, how they operate, what damage they can cause – and how they can be detected and defeated.
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NetAssure equips PC users with the knowhow to choose and operate the right security methods and tools in today's world of malware, spyware and spam.
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The table below lists the 80 screens of learning materials presented in the NetAssure online course. Each of the eight topics is supported by a practice, 10-question quiz.
| UNIT 1: MALWARE |
| Topic 1.1 The Malware Menace |
| Malware: The Stealthy Software |
| When Malware Is Not The Problem |
| Annoying to Destructive: Malware Payloads |
| Delayed-action Malware and Attack Triggers |
| No-payload Malware |
| Two Malware Costs: Eradication and Reputation |
| Malware Propagation: 1 |
| Malware Propagation: 2 |
| Malware That Runs When Your PC Starts |
| Malware Affects All Computer Types |
| Topic 1.2 Viruses, Worms and Trojans |
| Viruses: The Parasite Programs |
| Viruses: Why They Infect |
| Viruses: Replication and Propagation |
| Viruses: Popular Virus Targets |
| Viruses: Program File and Macro |
| Worms: No Host File Needed |
| Trojans: Danger in Disguise |
| Blended Threats |
| Malware Variants |
| Malware Naming |
| Topic 1.3 Anti-malware Defences |
| Scanning: How It Works |
| Scanning: On-Access, On-Request and Shell |
| Scanning: Signature Files |
| Scanning: Strengths and Weaknesses |
| Integrity Checking: How It Works |
| Integrity Checking: Strengths and Weaknesses |
| Heuristics: How It Works |
| Heuristics: Strengths and Weaknesses |
| Viruses: Disinfection, Quarantine and Deletion |
| Software Security Updates |
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| UNIT 2: SPYWARE |
| Topic 2.1 Spyware: Malware That 'Phones Home' |
| Malware That 'Phones Home' |
| Adware |
| Keyloggers |
| Phone Dialers and Browser Hijackers |
| Remote Access Trojans (RATs) |
| RATs and Zombie PCs |
| Zombie PCs and DDoS Attacks |
| About Cookie Files |
| Cookie Types: First-party and Third-party (Tracking) |
| Anti-spyware Defences |
| Topic 2.2 Internet Communications |
| What's Ahead |
| Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses |
| IP Addresses: Static and Dynamic |
| Static IP Addresses: Two Security Hazards |
| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| Ports and Port Numbers |
| Networking Protocols |
| Data Packets |
| The ACK Bit |
| The ACK Bit and New Connections |
| Topic 2.3 Firewall Defences |
| Firewalls: What They Do |
| Firewalls: What They Don't Do |
| Software Firewalls and Hardware Routers |
| Firewalls: The Six Tasks |
| Dropped Connections and Stealth Mode |
| Packet Filtering |
| Application Filtering |
| Application Fingerprinting |
| Stateful Inspection |
| Attack Alerts and Logs |
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| UNIT 3: SPAM |
| Topic 3.1 UCE, Phishes and Hoaxes |
| Spam: Unsolicited and Irrelevant |
| Spam: Why So Much? |
| Harvesting 1: Mailing Lists and Spambots |
| Harvesting 2: Dictionary Attacks and Spyware |
| E-mail Address Validation |
| Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE) |
| Phishes: Account Updating |
| Phishes: Disguised Website Links |
| Hoaxes: The Hook and The Threat |
| Hoaxes: The Request |
| Topic 3.2 Anti-Spam Defences |
| Balancing Effectiveness and Accuracy |
| User-defined Rule-based Filters |
| Header Filtering |
| Call-to-Action (URL) Filtering |
| Permission Filtering: Friends and Enemies |
| Permission Filtering: Limitations |
| Content Filtering |
| Content Filtering: Limitations |
| Heuristic Filtering |
| Heuristic Filtering: Limitations |
