Teach-ICT OCR GCSE Computing - purpose and use of common utility programs, firewalls, antivirus, disk organisation, system cleanup etc

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Introduction

1. Introduction

anti virus software

spyware protection

3. Spyware Protection

firewalls

disk formatting

file transfer

6. File Transfer

disk defragmentation

7. Defragmentation

system information

8. System Information

system cleanup tools

9. System Cleanup Tools

automatic updating

10. Automatic Updating

1. Introduction

Specification point:

Describe the purpose and use of common utility programs for:

- computer security

antivirus
spyware protection
firewalls

- disk organisation

formatting
file transfer
defragmentation

- system maintenance

system information and diagnosis
system cleanup tools
automatic updating

It has been mentioned in earlier mini-websites that the operating system is responsible for a number of functions.

One of these functions is to manage a number of 'housekeeping' tasks. These are the things that need to be done in order to keep things running smoothly and efficiently.

The operating system controls a number of utility software applications to carry out specific tasks. We will look at them in more detail over the next few pages.