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2                 Safeguarding your Computer


















                          Your Aim


                          to learn about:
                                 Computer Malware                                Harms Caused by Computer Malware
                                  How Does a Computer Get Infected?                     Symptoms of an Infected Computer
                                   How to Protect Your Computer?                          Antivirus
                                    Firewall




                 A computer also falls sick as harmful files and applications
                 damage it. There  are  preventive  measures to secure our
                 computer too. Let us read about them in this chapter.

                 We must adapt preventive measures to protect our computer

                 systems and data from any kind of danger or risk. One of the
                 common risks is malware attack.

                     COMPUTER MALWARE

                 Malware, or malicious software, is a software made to cause harm to your system. A malware

                 gets installed on a computer without approval from the computer's owner. There are different
                 types of malware, each having unique characteristics. Let’s find out.



                                                                         Worm
                                                      Virus




                                                  Ransomware   MALWARE          Trojan
                                                                                Horse



                                                         Spyware            Adware






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