UNIT 3-C

Software that manages computer hardware and software resources, allowing users to interact with the system.

• Antivirus Software

• Application Software

• Operating System

• Web Browser

Software designed to control and manage hardware and provide a platform for applications.

• Application Software

• Detection Tools

• Malware

• System Software

The act of carrying out or running a program or instruction by a computer's CPU.

• Executed

• Quarantine

• Scan

• Infected

Malicious software that replicates by inserting copies of itself into programs or files, often causing damage.

• Browser Hijacker

• Worm

• Computer Virus

• Trojan

A broad term for malicious software designed to harm or exploit computers or networks.

• Spyware

• Malware

• Macro Virus

• Virus

Software created with the intent to damage, disrupt, or steal information from a computer system.

• Antivirus Software

• Malicious Program

• Detection Tools

• Application

To introduce harmful code into a system or file.

• Scan

• Infect

• Crash

• Quarantine

The action of a virus copying itself to spread through a system or network.

• Detecting

• Infecting

• Replicates

• Scanning

Damaging or altering files, making them unusable or unreliable.

• Crashing

• Overwriting

• Corrupting

• Restoring

When a system or program stops working unexpectedly due to errors or attacks.

• Executed

• Crashing

• Reloading

• Saving