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OCR: 162 CHAPTER 3 SECTION E Security Software THE DAYS WHEN VIRUSES were the greatest threat to comput ers are long gone virus is just one o many categories of mal licious software or malware that can wreak havoc on computer systems and net- works Deluged with such a huge assortment of threats to their systems and often unable to distinguish one type of threat from another, individual com- puter users pue I businesses have had to defend themselves by purchasing all kinds of security software Section explains how you can use security software to combat malicious software that threatens your computer SECURITY SOFTWARE BASICS What security software? Security software is designed to protect computers from various forms of destructive software and unauthorized intrusions. One of the first security ...