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1What is Anti-virus?Anti-virus is designed to detect and destroy computer viruses.
2What is spyware protection?Spyware protection is Programs that secretly record what you do on your computer are called spyware. They can be used for some perfectly legitimate purposes, but the majority of spyware is malicious. Its aim is usually to capture passwords, banking credentials and credit card details - and send them over the internet to fraudsters.
3What is firewall?A network or system to protect unauthorised access with a firewall.
4what is disk formatting?Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use.
5What is file transfer?A file transfer is the term for the act of transmitting files over a computer network for example: The internet.
6What is de-fragmentation?In file systems, de -fragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation.
7What is System clean-up?System clean-up is a computer maintenance included in Microsoft Windows designed to free up system space on a computer's hard drive.
8What is system restore?System Restore is a feature in Microsoft Windows that allows the user to revert their computer's state to that of a previous point in time, which can be used to recover from system malfunctions or other problems.