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ACTIVITY # 4.3: Malware Maintenance
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Identify procedures in maintaining network systems
REFERENCE: CHS Module Page 228-229
CONCEPT NOTE:

Malware Maintenance
Malware refers to any kind of malicious codes, objects or content that infiltrates your computer, resulting in damage and
causing your system to act in an undesirable manner. Commonly, these include viruses, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, spams
and many more. When you are infected, you can lose your privacy, confidential data and access to your system when software
and hardware are damaged. Fortunately, there are a couple of preventive measures you can take to protect yourself from malware.
One thing you can do to scan the file for any virus infection before you attempt to open it. If the scan shows nothing, it is
probably a safe file. But then again, it may be a new virus yet to be updated in your virus scan. You can either wait and apply the
next virus signature update and perform a second scan or risk it all and open the file.

Disk Maintenance
Did anyone tell you that your hard disk is a pretty tricky machine? When you first installed your operating system, you
may be pleased to know how smooth and efficient your software applications are running. But gradually, it slows down and this
bothers you. What truly causes the decline in performance? You may argue that your disk is just a couple of months old. This
has much to do with the way you operate on your system.
Try to imagine a big tool bucket filled with gadgets. Initially, the bucket only contains a few spanners, a hammer and
some screws. So every time you search for a particular item, it is relatively easy to find. But soon as you keep filling the bucket
with all sorts of items and especially when the amount of items grows, you will discover that you may need more time just to
search for a particular screw head. In such cases, uninstall any unnecessary software and defragment your disk. Typically, your
system performance will decline when the amount of data in your hard disk starts to grow.

EXERCISE:
1. Explain what the purpose of malware maintenance and disk maintenance is.
2. What is a malware? Give 5 examples of malwares.
3. Give 1 example situation where malware maintenance is used and another example where disk maintenance is used.