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What is a favicon?
What is the Instant Web Site ID?
Explain the difference between http and https?
Name 3 companies which issue internet security certificates.
Find 3 web sites that use internet security certificates.
What should you do after browsing in a public place before you leave the computer?
What happens if you accidentally access an attack site (viruses, worms, trojan horses and spyware) with Firefox?
Go to the http://www.icicibank.com bank's website and login under personal accounts. Why do you think on-screen virtual keyboards are in use?
Unwanted downloads and execution of programs
such as screensaver, viruses, wallpaper changer ....
Be careful when you go to web sites like Smileycentral
This web sites try to convince you to install all kind of stuff on your computer. This malicious programs work 99.9 % on Windows operating systems only. As long as you are on Windows be careful. Even if the privacy policies promise you all you want to hear. The companies lawyers have build in lots of legal back doors to justify their business practise.
Warning
In the next exercise you will be prompted (asked) to download something. Pls don't download anything here in the class. Feel free to do that at home 
on your computer!
Go to this web site and see what happens... smileycentral.com
Press on Click here or Get free smileys and watch what happens?
They say this is without spyware. Is it true?
Download Manager
An all new manager lets you download seamlessly, with even greater security. A pause and resume feature means there's no need to wait for a download to finish before you disconnect. So, if you're halfway through the download and it's time to catch the bus, just pause and pick up downloading when you get home. The resume function also works if your system crashes or is forced to restart. The manager shows your download progress and lets you search your files by name or the Web address where the download came from.
What are downloads? Where do the downloads go? Where are they saved? How do they look like?
download example
Firefox
Wallpapers
Free stuff ...
Is free stuff on the Internet bad or dangerous?
Try to distinguish 3 types of free stuff:
Free stuff which is genuinely free. There are lots of people in this world who are honest and share...
- the whole Open Source movement
- universities and other educational organisations from all over the world
- commercial enterprises whose business concepts include "free" stuff
- people ! lot's of people like artists, researchers, Aurovilians, programmers, writers, - you name them!
Free stuff with small print
- commercial enterprises whose business concepts include stuff with small print
- people or companies who give you their stuff free but the free stuff is restricted by time (only valid for 1 month) or not full featured (if you want the full version contact us)
- in the west be careful that you don't sign up for something using the "free" stuff
Free stuff that appears to be free but is malicious
- companies whose business concept is based on ripping off people
- individuals who find it amusing/satisfying to damage your computer or your bank account
Am I safe with Firefox?
Yes - because from the point of software Firefox can be considered as one of the safest piece of software ever written.
No - because YOU are one link in the chain and if you do certain things no browser in the world can safe you. But then - what is it that should be avoided?
- weak passwords
- one password to rule them all
- free, free, free - "click here" !
- go without discrimination for free stuff on the Internet
- leave the Firefox window open when you leave the computer
- don't clear your private data in a public place
- misjudge fraudulent web sites
- visit the dark side of the moon - illegal downloads: pirated software, videos, music and ebooks
- Internet "red light district"
Handy Hint
Use your common sense when on-line. Imagine you are in the heart of a big city (maybe even in a foreign country) and somebody approaches you to give you something for free or a good deal or asks for help. What do you do? You evaluate the situation and then decide what to do...
The same you do on the Internet!
Searching the web
What is a search engine and how does it work? Let's have a look how a search engine works ...thanks to http://www.learnthenet.com
Which search engine do you use? 
Which other search engines do you know? Here is a list of some more search engines
Open 2 tabs in Firefox. Use Ctrl + t . Enter the following addresses one in each tab:
Switch all search engine to image/picture view - you want to search images only. Then enter auroville india in the search fields. Compare the results...
Open 2 more tabs and continue searching images auroville india
Compare with alltheweb.com/?
You have seen how different search engines work.You know more about how to find images/pictures on the web using different search engines. This is equally valid for web pages and other stuff. You learned how to refine the search to arrive at less but more relevant results.
Be Careful
Material taken from the Internet is not your property. Since you do not own the copyright you have no right to modify or distribute this work. Do not use this material for any publication without agreement of the copyright holder.
Integrated Web Search
Searching the Web is a breeze with the search box in-line, just to the right of your location bar. Use the web engine of your choice to search by typing directly into the box.
Search for auroville in the Wikipedia and for Who invented the wheel in ask.com.
The width is adjustable so you can make it bigger if you need more space. Can you adjust it?
Then search in Google for publications auroville english
Use the Google search bar as ...
You can use the google search bar as a calculator. Type in: 6 * 5 / 3 and enter.
Or try Google as a converter. Type in 450 m in miles press enter and see.
Or try the local time Germany
Full Zoom
Visit your favorite news page and read the caption under the picture—or view the picture itself in a size you can see. An elegant new zoom feature lets you swoop in and see entire web pages. They scale in the way you'd expect them to, with all the elements of a page's layout expanding equally, so you can zero in on what matters.
Load any web page you like and use Ctrl and + and - or use the wheel of your mouse while pressing the Ctrl key? What does Ctrl + 0 do?
Find Feature
Go to auroville.org. Launch the find feature with Ctrl + f and type in auroville. Use the different functions like Next, Previous and Highlight all. Close the Find function.
Highlight text before using the feature and finder opens pre-filled with your selection. See all instances of your search at once, or scroll backwards and forwards through the appearances of the word on the page.
Try to avoid doing the homework in the last minute but rather do them in time and email them to bluelight.training@gmx.com. Please do not use the bluelight@auroville.org.in address.
This gives us time to look into what you did and give you some feedback. It is a requirement to do the homework to be able to follow the classes.
You find all lessons and homework here
Open 2 tabs in Firefox and enter live.com in both of them.
In the first tab enter this 2 words: blue light
In the second tab enter "blue light" in quotation marks and search.
Do you see any difference in the amounts of the search results? Why the difference?
Open 2 tabs in Firefox and enter google.co.in in both of them.
In the first tab enter this 2 words: blue light
In the second tab enter "blue light" in quotation marks and search.
Do you see any difference in the amounts of the search results? Why the difference?
Open 3 tabs in Firefox
Do a first search with the keywords: open source
How many results you have in the different search engines?
Do a second search by adding the word auroville into the search bar: open source auroville
How many results you have in the different search engines?
Do a third search by adding the words blue light into the search bar: open source auroville blue light
How many results you have in the different search engines?
Do a fourth search by adding a minus symbol 
in front of the word auroville : open source -auroville blue light
See how this affects your search. What does the dash (minus symbol) do? For what is this useful?
Check google, yahoo and msn (live search) for advertisement. What do think about the advertisement?
Does Google, Yahoo. MSN search offer advanced search options? If so where do you find them?
Type your passport name, Auroville name and the word Auroville into Google and see if the search results reveal information about you.
How do I get material from the web to use for my own work without getting into trouble with copyright laws? Do a search on the Internet. Try as keyword copyleft.
What is the difference between copyright and copyleft?
You might want to take the time and go once more through the lesson to recall what you learned.
How many seconds are there in one week? Use Google ...
What is the zoom function in Firefox? What does Ctrl + 0 do when you use the zoom function?
How do you launch the Find function?
What is the default location for your downloads and how do you change it?
Try to download a few wallpapers
It would be good if you can repeat the exercises in this lesson once on your computer