Malware

Few who knows the meaning of “Malware”. As TechTerms.com defines it” malware refers to software programs designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer system. In Spanish, “mal” is a prefix that means “bad,” making the term “badware,” which is a good way to remember it (even if you’re not Spanish).”Malware have different types such as viruses, worms, trojan horses, and spyware. In this post I will concentrate on Trojan Horse. According to TechTerms.com “Trojan horses are software programs that masquerade as regular programs, such as games, disk utilities, and even antivirus programs. But if they are run, these programs can do malicious things to your computer.” In other words, the interface shows something; while the real purpose of the software is create damages.

While I was surfing the internet, I saw an ads that says “Complete the survey and win Ipad 2″ I know that this ads is fake and its some type of Trojan horse. But I got an idea, I want to create a Trojan horse to collect others data, but I had to think of a program that is popular and at the same time I can get valuable information from this program. When I was in IAT, almost every student was using Hotmail ID to check their emails. As a result, the idea was to create software similar to Outlook.

I went to Hotmail.com and I took a screenshot of the website to be as my program interface, where users will inter their data. Then I started coding the software, where it is the hardest part in any software. I spent almost 2 days coding the program. I coded the software in a way that when any user put their ID and Password, then press “sign in” the software will automatically send the ID and Password to my email. After a deep thought, I said what about adding the code that make the PC restarts forever, and I did it. I wanted to email the software to my colleges, so I can try the software, but what will make my colleges run the software. After a deep thought, I wrote in the email the following “This is a program that lets you check your email without installation, and its size is just 2 MB. Just run the software and inter your data.”

The moment when I wanted to press “send”, I remembered that if they pressed sign in, their PC’s will keep in restarting forever, so I didn’t. This is the moment that I stopped using the program, because it can cause me too many problems. This is my advice for today” Don’t do anything without thinking of its consequences”.

Reference

Malware definition:

http://www.techterms.com/definition/malware

Trojan horse definition:

http://www.techterms.com/definition/trojanhorse

Stanford Prison Experiment

Stanford Prison Experiment

The video is about an experiment that was done by Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist who wants to study human’s behavior without their freedom. He called the experiment as “Stanford prison study”. He and other expertise placed and add in a newspaper in which they will pay the volunteer $15 per day. Over 70 applied, but only 24 were selected. The role of guard and prisoner were chosen by a flip of a coin. The experiment was planned for 2 weeks, but it ended in 6 days because volunteers were suffering.

The study main goal was to observe human actions and behaviors without behavior. Although volunteers knew that it was just an experiment, they couldn’t control themselves. Guard, as an example, couldn’t stop using all of their power to take control over the prisoner. It is right that it was their role, but they over reacted, which caused the experiment to end. Prisoners, as another example, start to take it usuriously, but as time moves on, they realize that any action they do might have a negative consequences, so some followed the role and some were controlled by their emotions, which was another reason why the experiment should end.

This experiment is relevant to our daily life. It is a situation in which “power” has something to do, where one limits the freedom of others such as a Teacher and student, husband and wife, parents and children, and doctors and patient. The study showed that the most situations in which a person give up his freedom is shyness. They started to concentrate in shyness. As a result, they setup the first shyness clinic in America, which treats shy behavior in adults and children.