Spot-the-Phish Poster and Antivirus Demo
How can we help others in our community spot phishing?
- Design a poster teaching six phishing warning signs
- Demonstrate an antivirus scan on a sample file
- Interpret basic scan results
Overview
Awareness is the cheapest security control. A single well-designed poster in a lab or staffroom can prevent dozens of clicks. In this lesson you use everything from Week 2 to build a Spot-the-Phish poster and then watch an antivirus scan in action so you understand what the tool is really doing.
Poster Design Principles
A good awareness poster has one big headline, a short list of six signs, one clear action ('Do not click. Report to IT.'), and a memorable image. Keep text under 40 words.
How Antivirus Works
Antivirus tools compare files against a database of known malware signatures and use behavioural rules to catch new threats. A full scan checks every file; a quick scan checks common infection points.
Reading Scan Results
Green tick = clean. Warning = potentially unwanted (e.g. adware). Threat = confirmed malware, usually quarantined automatically. Never delete quarantined items without checking with IT first.
Spot-the-Phish Poster
- In pairs, design an A3 poster with a bold headline and six warning signs.
- Include one clear action step and a QR code or link for more info.
- Display posters around the school computer lab.
- What is a malware signature?
Reveal answer
A unique pattern that identifies a known piece of malware.
- Why do we need heuristics in addition to signatures?
Reveal answer
Signatures only catch known malware; heuristics catch new variants by watching behaviour.
- What does 'quarantine' mean?
Reveal answer
Isolating a suspicious file so it cannot run or spread.
Photograph your finished poster and write a 3-sentence caption explaining who it is aimed at.