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Step 4:   his will begin the scanning process.  o pause or stop the process of scanning in between  the user
                 can click on the buttons Pause or Stop.




                                                                                   e
                                                                              infected  les
                                                                             (if any) will be
                                                                             cleaned/deleted
                                                                             automatically.




























        Update the Antivirus
        If some new virus has developed after the installation of the loaded antivirus  then it may not be recognised
        by the loaded antivirus  and therefore  it may not prevent that virus. In that case  the existing antivirus has
        to be updated in order to install its latest virus signature and clean new virus. For updating an antivirus  the
        user needs to connect to its    .  he antivirus would then automatically get updated on the host computer.

        Use passwords to login to your computer
         lways use passwords that are di cult to guess.  asswords are di cult to hack if they are a mix of small
        letters  a  b  c  d  etc.   capital letters              etc.   numbers           5  etc.  and special characters
              etc. .  his would prevent unauthorised people from accessing  your computer.

        Encrypt Data

         his is usually done by banks and companies where important customer information is shared and stored.
         hey can encrypt their entire hard disk using encrypting feature in  indows   itlocker  forcing  users to use
        a decryption password  or key  before starting the computer  thus preventing unauthorised usage.

           REMOVING TEMPORARY FILES

         emporary Files are  unk files which become redundant once the task is completed. Such temporary files are
        created to hold data temporarily while task is being processed.  o remove temporary files:

        Step 1:   ouble-click Computer icon on the desktop.  he Computer window appears on the screen.
        Step 2:   ight-click on  ocal  isk   :  and select Properties option from the Shortcut menu.





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