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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Having trouble navigating cyberspace, kids? Never fear — George Jetson is here. Jetson, Kim Possible and other pop-culture characters are part of a new interactive game designed to help children understand and stay safe on the Internet. Called MySecureCyberspace, the game was the result of a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University's Cylab and its Information Networking Institute.
Game users begin by watching a primer about the Internet — a grainy, black-and-white movie with a booming narrator's voice and marching band score reminiscent of old news movie reels.
With the help of Commander Omni, players — dubbed cadets — battle Elvirus and MC Spammer while learning to identify spam, delete viruses and identify suspicious people in chat rooms.
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