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SAFEGUARDING YOUR COMPUTER
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Your Aim
to learn about:
l Computer Malware l Harms Caused by Computer Malware
l How Does a Computer Get infected? l Symptoms of an Infected Computer
l How to Protect Your Computer? l Antivirus
l 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 designed 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
MALWARE Trojan
Ransomware Horse
Spyware Adware
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