Internet Safety: Malware

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Spyware
3. Adware
4. Key Loggers
5. Rogue Diallers
6. DoS Attack
   1. Internet Threats Quiz
7. Spam

DoS Attack

DoS stands for Denial of Service attack. This type of attack is based upon flooding key servers with useless traffic. The server has to spend so much time dealing with this traffic that has to be dealt with so that users are denied normal service.

There are different types of DoS attack, eg: the Ping of Death. These attacks exploit limitations in TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), the set of rules which is the basis of the Internet.

For all current DoS attacks there are software patches and fixes that can be installed by system administrators to limit or prevent attacks on their systems. However, similar to viruses, new DoS attacks are constantly being developed by hackers and other Internet criminals.

Click on this link to read more about Denial of Service attacks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_of_service

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