IV. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms

abandon, a little, bidding, bona fide, connect, correction, error, judgment, keep in mind, leave, link, marginally, mistake, opinion, patch, real, remember, requirement, seller, vendor

V. Answer about the article

1. What do they do at the Microsoft Security Response Center?

2. What do they find in some cases?

3. What do they do if they find a flaw in their products?

4. What are the immutable laws of security? (name some of them)

5. What can programs of the computer do?

6. Why must you upload programs only from a trusted vendor?

7. Why mustn’t you allow other people to alter the operating system on your computer?

8. What can operating system files do?

9. What can untrustworthy files do?

VI. Insert the proper words (see the words below)

1. Here at the Microsoft Security Response Center, we … thousands of security reports every year.

2. In some cases, we find that a report describes a bona fide security vulnerability resulting from a … in one of our products.

3. When this happens, we develop a … to correct the error.

4. We’ve developed a list of issues, that we call the 10 … Laws of Security.

5. Sound … is the key to protecting yourself against these issues.

6. If you keep them in mind, you can significantly … the security of your systems.

7. If a bad guy can … you to run his program on your computer, it’s not your computer anymore.

8. If you allow a bad guy to … programs to your website, it’s not your website any more.

9. Weak passwords … strong security.

10. An out of date virus … is only marginally better than no virus scanner at all.

11. It could send … emails to all your friends.

12. That’s why it’s important to never run, or even …, a program from an untrusted source.

13. In the end, an operating system is just a series of … and zeroes.

14. If other people who use the computer are permitted to change those files, it’s “… over”.

15. Consider that operating system files are among the most … ones on the computer.

1. download

2. flaw

3. game

4. immutable

5. improve

6. investigate

7. judgment

8. ones

9. patch

10. persuade

11. rude

12. scanner

13. trump

14. trusted

15. upload

VII. Say in one word (see the words below)

1. state of being true and correct, even in small details

2. a person who sells something

3. stop to support or look after

4. the ability to make decisions or come to a sensible conclusions

5. an infective agent that can cause a disease or incorrect work of a computer

6. a solution or remedy for all difficulties, problems or diseases

7. to place or to fix equipment in a position ready for use

8. a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages of the World Wide Web

9. cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument

10. a place, person or thing from which something comes or can be obtained

1. abandon

2. accuracy

3. install

4. judgment

5. panacea

6. persuade

7. source

8. vendor

9. virus

10. website