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Task
Answer the following questions:
1. What is Spam?
2. How many types of virus?
3. What is the need for an anti-virus and firewall?
4. How can we tell if a website is secure or not?
What are Temporary Files?
Temporary files are created temporarily by programs that store information related to the file you are working on
in your computer. It increases the efficiency of the software and also helps in recovering the data at the time of
unexpected closing of the file due to power failure or system shut down.
Temporary files are deleted automatically when the task or program you have been working on is completed.
If all the programs in a computer are closed and temporary files still exist then look for files with the extension
.tmp in the folder TEMP. They are of no use and they block a lot of disk space. It is better to delete them as they
hinder the performance of your computer. If the deleted temporary file is required by the program again then it is
automatically recreated without affecting your programs.
To remove temporary files in a computer follow the given steps:
Step 1 Double-click the Computer icon on the
desktop.
Step 2 In the file explorer that opens select Local
Disk (C:).
Step 3 Properties option from the Shortcut menu.
Select General Tab.
Step 4 In the General Tab click on Disk Cleanup
button present on the bottom right side.
Step 5 Disk Cleanup Dialog box
opens. Put a tick in front of
Temporary Files, Thumbnails,
etc. that you want to delete.
Click on OK button.
Step 6 A dialog box appears where it will
ask for confirmation before deleting
it permanently. Click on Delete Files
button. This will delete all the temporary
files in your computer.
Removing Files of Temporary Folder
The steps are:
Step 1 Open Run dialog box by pressing Windows + R. Type %temp% as shown below.
Step 2 Click on OK button. The Temp folder opens.
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