UTILITY SOFTWARE

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UTILITY SOFTWARE• System software designed to helpAnalyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer.

SYSTEM SOFTWARE• System software is computer softwaredesigned to operate and control the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software.

TYPES• Antivirus software• Backup software• Disk cleaner• File manager• Linker (computing)• Memory tester• Network utility

ANTI VIRUSE• Software used to prevent, detect andremovemalware (of all descriptions).

• Such as computer viruses, malicious BHOs,hijackers, backdoors, rootkits, Trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, adware and spyware.

OTHER METHODS• Cloud antivirus

• Network firewall

• Online scanning

• Specialist tools

CLOUD ANTIVIRUS• A technology that uses lightweightAgent software on the protected computer, while offloading the majority of data analysis to the provider's infrastructure.

NETWWORK FIREWALL• Software or hardware-based networkSecurity system that controls the incoming and outgoing network traffic by analyzing the data packets and determining whether they should be allowed through or not, based on a rule set.

ONLINE SCANNING• Trend Micro's highly popular ondemand antivirus software scanner for identifying and removing viruses, Trojans worms, unwanted browser plugins, and other malicious software.

SPECIALIST TOOLS• Virus removal tools are available to helpremove stubborn infections or certain types of infection.

BACKUP SOFTWARE• Backup is a backup utility made by

Apple for Mac OS X.• Backup can be used in connection with

either a user's online MobileMe iDisk or the Macintosh's CD-RW or DVD-R drive to make safe, archival copies of critical files and folders.

FILE BACKUP

• The most common form of backup copies your

files (photos, documents, videos, spreadsheets---also known as your data), but not your software or operating system, from your computer to another drive or some form of storage media.

SYSTEM BACKUP• A system backup backs up your operatingsystem and installed software, as well as your files.

• File backups protect against accidental deletion

or corruption of your files, but if your entire drive fails, you'll need to reinstall the operating system and software before you can put your files back on the computer

DISK CLEANER• Disk cleaners are computer programs

that find and delete potentially unnecessary or potentially unwanted files from a computer. The purpose of such deletion may be to free up disk space, to eliminate clutter or to protect privacy.

FILE MANAGER• A file manager or file browser is a

computerprogram that provides a user interface to work with file systems.

LINKER• Linker or link editor is a computer

programthat takes one or more object files generated by a compiler and combines them into a single executable program.

MEMORY TESTOR • Memory testers are specialized testequipment used to test and verify memory modules typically in SIMM or DIMM configurations. It detects functional failures of memory modules.

NETWORK UTILITY• An application included with Mac OS

X thatprovides a variety of computer network information.

REFERENCES

• www.google.com (information)• www.yahoo.com (information & picture)• www.bing.com (picture)

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