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Virus Protection
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Virus Protection, often referred to as Anti-Virus
software is software that prevents, detects and removes malware, such as
viruses, Trojans, rootkits and ransomware. It performs these functions by
analysing data packets sent to its computer and seeing if it contains any
known malicious code.
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Avast
Malwarebytes
AVG
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Firewall
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This utility monitors and regulates data traffic
by examining incoming and outgoing data packets and deciding whether they
should be allowed past the firewall depending on if they fit pre-determined
criteria.
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Comodo Internet Security
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Clean Up Tools
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This utility is used to perform maintenance tasks
on a computer, it analyses hard drives and then removes unused and
unnecessary files such as any files in the recycling bin and temporary
internet files.
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CCleaner
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Defragmentation
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This is a type of software that physically moves
data around on a storage device, it removes fragmentations and rearranges the
formation to provide better allocation and free up space.
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Disk Defrag
Piriform Defraggler
Built-in Windows Defragmenter
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Drive Formatting
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This is preparing the storage device for reading
and writing. This includes creating partitions and getting it ready for files
and data.
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Partition Magic
Built-in Windows Drive Formatter
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Backup Tool
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Software that's purpose is to create a duplicate
of data stored on its targeted storage device to recover from disaster events
such as hardware malfunction or data deletion. This utility creates a replica
of all the data so that it can be replaced if the original is somehow
removed. An alternation to physically storing the backup yourself, the user
can now use cloud services that store backup data in remote locations for
added security.
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Carbonite
Cobian Backup
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Wednesday, 8 October 2014
P3 explain the purpose of different software utilities
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