introduction
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worms and viruses
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costs
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who's responsible?
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solutions
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references
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CS201 Final Project
Neil Chou
Jiayi Chong
Chee Hau Tan
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Who's Responsible? Users
The effectiveness of a worm or virus is often determined by the number of
hosts it can infect. This is then determined by how easiy the hosts can be
infected. Many users, either through ignorance and somtimes laziness, run
unpatched machines on the network. This has no doubt contributed to the
number of infected machines on the network. RCCs (Residential Computer
Consultants) advise their residents to run various patches and install
different kinds of software(like Norton Antivirus) that aid in the fight
against computer worms and viruses. However, many residents ignore such
advise. The reasons range from not knowing how to install or patch their
systems to being too lazy or busy that day to carry out the required
actions on their computers. Such users have to understand that not
patching or installing the required software affects not just them but
anyone else connnected to the Internet. One's ignorance or laziness
eventually results in some unrelated user bearing the consequences of
such actions. Hence, it is vital that campus students and staff realize
the importance of patching and installing the required security software
for their computers. Combatting campus computer break-ins and violations
is a group effort in which everyone should play a part.
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