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recordingprograms9videoconferencingsoftware9mediaplayers9webbrowsers9
emailprograms9accountingsoftware9varioustypesofenterpriseapplication
software(EAS)–computersoftwaredevelopedtomeettheneedsofacompany9
schoolorgovernmentagency9forexample:onlineshoppingsystems9online
paymentprocessingsystems9automatedbillingsystems9customerrelationship
management9humanresourcemanagement9EnterpriseResourcePlanning
Systems9ProjectPlanningTools.
Antivirussoftware
1198%ofthesourcetextsinthegenreconcernantivirussoftware.Antivirus
softwareisofparticularimportanceasitprevents9detectsandremovesmalware–
thesoftwaredesignedtodisrupttheuser`ssystem.Userscanunconsciouslyinfect
thecomputerwithavirusbyloadingfilesofunknownoriginfromtheInternet9
acceptingwhattheyseeonthescreenwithoutcarefulreading9openingcertaine-
mailattachments9downloadingcopyrightedmusic9films9softwarewithouta
payment9etc.Antivirusprogramsareinstalledtoprotectcomputersfromvarious
typesofexistingmalicioussoftwareincludingviruses9spyware9trojanhorses9
backdoors9keyloggerswormsandothers.Manyantivirusprogramsincludean
auto-updatefeaturethatenablestheprogramtocheckfornewvirusesassoonas
theyareidentified.Mostantivirusprogramsprovidereal-timeprotection9i.e.they
monitorthecomputersystemformalicioussoftwareinreal-timewhenaCDis
inserted9anemailopenedorawebsiteaccessed.
Someantivirussoftwarealsoincludesdefenseagainstothercomputer
menaces9forexample:scams(confidencetricks9attemptstodeceivepotential
victimsbygainingtheirconfidencefirst)9phishingattacks(attemptstoobtain
highlysensitivedatasuchasusernames9passwordsandcreditcarddetails)9online
bankingattacks9botnets(groupsofcomputersinfectedwithmalicioussoftware
thatcanbecontrolledbyhackersandthenusedtoperformillegalactivities9often
withouttheusers'knowledge)9distributeddenial-of-service(DDoS)attacks(where
multiplecomputersareusedtofloodthetargetedsystem9usuallyawebserver9
withtrafficleadingtotheoverloadofconnectionsthuscausingadenialofservice).
Officesuites
2094%ofthesourcetextsinthegenreconcernofficesuites.Anapplication
suiteconsistsofacollectionofrelatedapplicationsbundledtogetherwhichusually
havethesamestyleofuserinterfaceandallowtocutandpastedatainasmooth
manner.Officesuitesarepackagesusedtoperformofficetasksincludingword
processors9spreadsheetsandpresentationapplications.Theycanalsocontainother
components9e.g.:emailclients9databaseapplications9projectmanagement
software9desktoppublishingsoftware9graphicssuites.
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