P3: Software Utitlities

There are two software utilities that perform tasks that allow helping the management on a computer system, I will explain on how they are used and why they are used. The two software utilities I will be explaining about are, ‘Virus Protection’ and ‘Firewalls’.

Virus Protection

It is very important to protect the computer systems from receiving viruses that may harm and damage the data stored on the computer system. Turning on the virus protection will keep the data stored on the computer systems safe and secured without any damages causing its data. To be able to reduce the risks of receiving virus attacks, the computer systems will need to be fully scheduled to be scanned on a regular basis of updating the virus protection contents. One of the safest and easiest actions, for the users to take is that they should not open an attachments files or emails that might harm the systems. The users must always back up the data regularly. After scanning the system fully, there are checks to see if any files on the system have detected to be harmed or damaged by the virus, so the virus can be repaired.

Firewalls

Many users these days use firewalls to protect a network on the computer from receiving unwanted internet traffic, and unknown sources accessing to the computer without an authorisation. Firewalls can be installed through a software programs or integrated into the hardware, which allows the users to access the internet websites whilst firewall contents performing tasks making sure the unknown hackers are unable to gain unauthorised access to the resources on the computer systems. Firewall also display alerts with warning message before actually opening the websites to be viewed at for confirmation from the users to ensure the risks of accessing specific websites.