Recall that Software is a set of instructions that can be executed by a computer system. System software is used to maintain hardware resources, while application software solves end user problems.

There are, however, other categories of software which are meant to be malicious and disruptive to the computer system.

Homework

Research and make brief notes on the following terms:

Viruses, malware, spam, antivirus, firewall, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, ransomware, adware.

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2023-09-05 – changed homework components from (Computer viruses, malware, spam, anti- virus, firewall) to (Viruses, malware, spam, antivirus, firewall, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, ransomware, adware.)

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