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ANTIVIRUS
Factopedia A set of programs that identify and remove malware are known as
antivirus software. You must have an antivirus software installed on
your computer. It detects the virus in the computer and does not let
the virus copy itself on your computer system.
Hundreds of new viruses are developed every hour. Antivirus software
developers regularly release updates on the Internet that allow their
programs to detect the latest known viruses. You can update your
Melissa was a copy of antivirus only through the Internet. So, it is essential to have
powerful micro an Internet connection to update antivirus software.
virus that forced Some well-known antivirus programs are Norton, AVG, McAfee,
Microsoft and other Symantec, SmartDog, Kaspersky, etc.
big companies to shut
down their mailing
system in 1999.
Norton McAfee Quick Heal
FIREWALL
Reaper is the first
ever Antivirus
programmed in 1972. The term ‘firewall’ originally referred to a wall intended to confine
a fire or potential fire within a building. In computer, a firewall is a
software or hardware-based network security system that controls
the incoming and outgoing network traffic based on applied rule set.
A firewall acts like a gatekeeper and prevents unauthorised access
to a computer network.
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one the earliest
microcomputer A computer virus is a ‘piece of code’ or program developed
viruses, developed in to corrupt the data or program files stored on the computer
1982 by Rich Skrenta system.
when he was a
15-year-old kid. He A malware is a type of malicious program designed to damage
used it to prank his or carryout other unwanted actions on a computer system.
friends as he put it on The different types of malware are worm, trojan horse,
a game disk. spyware, ramsomware and rootkit.
A set of programs that identify and remove malware are
known as antivirus software.
A firewall is a software or hardware-based network security
system that controls the incoming and outgoing network traffic
based on applied rule set.
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