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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 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




                                                         MALWARE        Trojan
                                                                        Horse



                                                   Spyware          Adware







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