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| Question | Answer |
| Anti-virus software protects your computer from viruses. How does it do this? | Scans downloaded files before running them. Scans attachments on emails before downloading them to your computer. |
| What does anti-virus software do if it finds a virus? | Quarantines it ready for you to decide whether to remove it or not. Note: Quarantine simply means to isolate (or move away) from your system files so that the virus does not spread to other programs and files. |
| How can you make sure that you use anti-virus software properly? | Run scheduled scans (e.g. every week) Set your anti-virus to automatically scan downloaded files) Download updates for your anti-virus software to keep up to date with the latest viruses. |
| What does a firewall actually do? | Controls which programs on your computer can send and receive data across a network (e.g. the Internet) |
| What is the danger of not having a firewall set up on your computer? | Data can be sent into your computer without you knowing. This could be malicious (e.g. a virus!) |
| When do we normally have to unblock programs on a firewall? | When you install a game onto your computer and then want to play a friend over the Internet. When you install a program which needs to access the Internet to download updates. |
| How can you make sure that you are using your firewall safely? | Keep it switched on! Make sure that you only install trusted software. Check your firewall settings to make sure that only programs you trust are unblocked. |
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