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HACKERS

Shireen Isbeta

Maha Al qassasPrepared by

Advisor Dr. Basil Hamed

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Electric & computer department

Advanced technical English writing

Introduction

Who are hackers?

Categories of hackers.

What are things that help them to break into your computer?

Contents

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What is IP address?

ways to stop or remove hacking files from your computer.

Conclusion.

References.

Contents … continue

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Introduction

Hackers. Are they good.. or are they bad?According to the government hackers are bad. But are they really ? Not all hackers do illegal things.

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Who are hackers?

They are just people who are experts at operating a computer.

They are persons create and modify computer software and computer hardware, including computer programming, administration, and security related items.

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Categories of hackersHighly skilled programmers. Linus Torvalds Bill Joy Steve Wozniak

Computer and network security experts. FyodorBruce Schneier

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Hardware modifiers. Don Lancaster Steve Wozniak

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What are things that help them to break into your computer?

“Patch” or “Trojan” files.Connecting to the internet.Hacking program .

Web cracker 4 Hacker utilityOwing the IP address.

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What is IP address?

It is the private address of the internet user.

It leads to your computer place during exploring the internet .

It consists of 4 numbers, every part refers to different address.

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For example 212 . 123 . 123 . 200

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Country address

Company address

Corporation address

User address

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When you interrupt your connection to the internet and then reconnect after few minutes you will note that the user address differs.

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Ways to stop or remove hacking files from your computer

The first way :Go to start button .Choose run .Type the word (msconfig).Press start up icon. Stop any hacking file by removing the

tick.

Stop!

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The second way :

Start

Programs

MS_DOS

C:Windowsdir patch*.

C:Windowsdelet patch*.

Find hacking

files by typing

this command

To delete patch Files

type:

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To know if there is anybody breaking into your computer :

First, you have to:Be connected to the internet. Close all internet explorer boxes. Close all chatting programs.

Then go to MS-DOSType Finally, press “Enter” !If there is anybody his IP address will appear to you.

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(C:WINDOWSNETSTAT )

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Conclusion

Some one may break into your computer and steal your secure information, they are called hackers.

Things that help them to do that were mentioned.

One of the most important things is IP address which we talked about it.

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There are three categories of hackers that were discussed.

One of the most dangerous hackers is Steve Wozniak.

Ways of removing any “Patch” file or “Trojan” safely from your computer were provided.

Conclusion cont…

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References

Your guide to pass security + exam.www.wikipedia.com.

DataStronghold_com - Hack into Windows Network.htm.HackWire - Hacker News - Hacker News.htm.CNN_com - Technology - Denial of service hackers take on new targets - February 9, 2000.htm.

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