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Questions On ' Big Ad '

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1). What prompts people to take this action? Answer: In 2005, Carlton Draught let loose on the Internet an impressive advertisement called "Big Ad." Served up by a web site, visitors could watch the video as it streamed to their computers, even in full-screen mode. The video was constructed in a unique style; very big, looked very expensive and impressive and Internet patrons received the site’s advertisements impressively fast. The web site can install programs on the client 's computer only because the Java applets used are signed; signed applets are given more access to users ' computers in the belief that people will properly authenticate a signed “applet” by checking the certificate before running it. Many people, however, ignore the content of the "Want to trust this applet?" dialog that is displayed by their browsers and simply click the "Trust" button. This check is performed so users can decide whether to trust an applet and thus give it more access to their PCs.

2). What current websites have clones (name both)? Answer: There are two examples of websites that the article gives as a clone. The fist one is bonkofamerica.com versus bankofamerica.com to fool visitors into trusting the phishing site. The second example the case study uses is democratic-party.us versus democrats.org, which mimics the target domains in a conceptual manner.

3). Explain how malware works and provide insights to possible malware files from your PC? What has your

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