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UTILITY PROGRAM - Coggle Diagram
UTILITY PROGRAM
TYPES OF UTILITY PROGRAMS
1. FILE MANAGER
HELPS USER TO KEEP TRACKOF FILES AND FOLDERS SUCH AS:
DISPLAY A LIST OF FILE
ORGANIZE FILES IN FOLDERS
COPY, RENAME, DELETE,MOVE,AND SOFT FILES
CREATE SHORTCUTS
EXAMPLE
Windows Explorer
Finder
2. DISK CLEAN UP
TO SEARCH FOR AND REMOVES UNNECESSARY FILES SUCH AS:
DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FILES
TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES
DELETED FILES
UNUSED PROGRAM FILES
EXAMPLES
Windows Disk Cleanup
Avast Cleanup Premium
3. COMPRESSION TOOLS
TO SHRINK SIZE OF A FILE
FREE UP SPACE AN STORAGE MEDIA
ATTACH IN EMAIL
COMPRESSED FILE LIKE CALLED ZIPPED FILES
EXAMPLES
WinZip
WinRaR
4. ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM
TO PROTECT A COMPUTER AGAINTS VIRUSES BY IDENTIFYING AND REMOVING ANY COMPUTER VIRUSES FOUND IN MEMORY, ON STORAGE MEDIA OR ON INCOMING FILES.
EXAMPLES
Kaspersky Antivirus
Avira Antivirus
5. SPYWARE REMOVER
TO DETECTS AND DELETES SPYWARE
EXAMPLES
Spyware Protection
SpyHunter
6. ADWARE REMOVER
TO DETECTS AND DELETES SPYWARE
EXAMPLES
AdwCleaner
Bitdefender
7.DISK DEFRAGMENTER
TO REORGANIZES FILES AND UNUSED SPACE ON A HARD DISK FOR OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY
EXAMPLES
WinContig
MyDefrag
8. BACK-UP & RESTORE UTILITY
BACK-UP
ALLOW USERS TO COPY SELECTED FILES OR THE ENTIRE HARD DISK TO ANOTHER STORAGE MEDIUM.
RESTORE
RESTORE DATA FROM A BACKUP TO THE ORIGINAL STORAGE LOCATION OR TO A REPLACEMENT DEVICE.
EXAMPLES
IDrive
iCloud Backup
FUNCTION
ALLOWS USER TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE-TYPE TAKSS.
BUILT-IN (INCLUDED IN OS) AND OTHERS ARE STAND-ALONE( INSTALLED SEPARATELY).
EXAMPLE
In windows, user can access these utilities from Control Panel.
Apple user can access these utilities from the Setting icon.