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Across
  1. 4. An unsolicited email message or posting sent to many recipients or forums at once.
  2. 7. A scam in which a perpetrator sends an official-looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and/or financial information.
  3. 8. A type of program that displays an online advertisement in a banner, pop-up, or pop-under window on webpages, email messages, or other internet service.
  4. 9. Any software intentionally designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to computer systems, servers, or networks.
  5. 12. Programs that claim to perform one function but actually do another, typically malicious
  6. 13. A malicious computer code that reproduces itself on the computer it has infected (meaning has inserted itself into a computer file).
  7. 14. A protective barrier between a computer or network and others on the internet. It detects and protects a PC and its data from unauthorized intrusions
  8. 16. A type of program placed on a device without the user’s knowledge that secretly collects information about the suer and then communicated the information it collects to some outside source while the user is online.
  9. 18. A separate area of a hard drive that holds the infected file until the infection can be removed.
Down
  1. 1. A filtering program that stops pop-up or pop-under ads from displaying on webpages
  2. 2. A program that warns or blocks you from potentially fraudulent or suspicious websites. Some browsers include phishing filters.
  3. 3. A type of attack that affects your files and personal data. Some attacks encrypt your data and files, or otherwise restrict access, unless you pay for an access key to release them.
  4. 5. A filtering program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches your inbox or forum.
  5. 6. Internet advertisement that suddenly appears in a new window on top of a webpage
  6. 10. Protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing them that are found in memory, on storage media, or incoming files.
  7. 11. A program that restricts access to certain material on the web. Some restrict access to specific websites; others filter websites that use certain words or phrases.
  8. 15. One who attacks or tries to access a computer or network illegally
  9. 17. A type of malware that can self‑replicate and spread from one device to another without needing user action.