Internet EOC

Alejandro Pulido

April 15, 2009

CIS100 Computer Applications

EOC week 2

 

            Some of the things that scare me that are on the web would have to be anything that relates to spam. Spam could be anything from getting a new free entertainment system, to anything that relates to sex. Since I’m a guy who attends college, and I’m over the age of 21, I get scared to open up a random email and have it turn out to be a minor, who’s looking for alcohol or prostitution, just to get me caught and have me sent to jail. I’ve had a friend from high school who didn’t bother to listen to the spam he kept receiving on his mail, and one day, he accidentally opened up one of the minor spam’s, and ended up going to jail because he ended up talking to a girl who told him she was 18, when she really was 13.

 

            My second most worst spam that scares me, is getting pop ups, that tell you that you got a new free tv, game system, or something in that category. I’ve had past experience with my old computer, to the point where it began to run slower and slower everyday because I accidentally clicked on a certain website and it took me to a pop up. When I tried to close down the window, it told me that if I closed the window, it will shut down my computer and any unsaved data, will be erased. I thought it was just a simple little message, so I clicked the close button, and my entire computer shut down. As soon as I restarted it, a lot of my unsaved date was gone, and there was no way I could retrieve it back, so lost all of that information. In the end, my computer crashed from running too slow, and I haven’t had a new computer or lab top, ever since.