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Malware and Computer Viruses

This section includes activities and resources related to malware and computer viruses.

Computer Virus Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. WORD COUNT: 176; LEXILE LEVEL: 810

Computer Virus Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 176 Words; LEXILE: 810

Phishing Scheme Sentence Surgeons

Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation from a real phishing e-mail designed to trick people into sending money. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.

Malware Matching

Description: This activity requires students to match the malware type with its definition.

Malware Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Malware Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.

I Love You Computer Worm Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 357 Words; LEXILE: 1010

I Love You Computer Worm Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 357 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Matthew Malware

Description: This activity requires students to read a letter from Matthew Malware and to identify five unsafe actions taken by him that resulted his computer becoming infected.

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