However, a MIT graduate computer geek devises a plan and introduced a computer virus and disrupted the force fields of the destroyers, and the aliens were defeated. In a not related circumstances in Chapter 9 of MIS750, there is a topic on Information Security and the many types of software attacks including the term alien software.
Among the types of alien software for humans like us are as follows:
- Pestware: Clandestine software that uses up valuable system resources and can report on your Web surfing habits and other personal information.
- Adware: Designed to help popup advertisements appear on your screen.
- Spyware: Software that gathers user information through the user’s Internet connection without their knowledge.
- Spamware: Designed to use your computer as a launch pad for spammers.
- Spam: Unsolicited e-mail, usually for purposes of advertising.
- Cookies: Small amount of information that Web sites store on your computer, temporarily or more-or-less permanently.
Back to ID4,
during the movie screening, back in mid 90s the audiences (in America) were
standing up in cinemas to cheer the trailer, which showed such US landmarks as
the Empire State Building and the White House being obliterated by giant flying
saucers. The truth was, ID4 was never going to be anything else but a massive
box-office hit of over US$800 million.
However, once
you've got past the “too much” explosions and the astonishing amount of
vehicular, architectural, and airborne carnage, ID4 is basically a boy's own
adventure with soap opera elements that has an entire species of technically
superior aliens bested in all departments by good old Uncle Sam (an American)
and his can-do (Amerika Boleh) spirit.
Sources:
New
York Times, IMDB, BBC1, Wikipedia, Information Technology for Management 6th
Edition
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