Computer Systems Servicing NCII – Grade 11

Quarter 2 – Module9: Installing Utility Software

First Edition, 2020
Republic Act 8293, section 176 states that: No copyright shall
subsist in any work of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior
approval of the government agency or office wherein the work is created shall
be necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office
may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties.
Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand
names, trademarks, etc.) included in this module are owned by their
respective copyright holders. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek
permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The
publisher and authors do not represent nor claim ownership over them.

Published by the Department of Education Division of Pasig City

Development Team of the Module

Writer : Romar R. Sy
Editors :
Reviewer : Alfredo R. Aram Jr.
Illustrator :
Layout Artist : Romar R. Sy
Management Team : Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin
OIC-Schools Division Superintendent
Aurelio G. Alfonso EdD
OIC-Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
Victor M. Javeña EdD
Chief, School Governance and Operations
Division and OIC-Chief, Curriculum
Implementation Division

Education Program Supervisors

Librada L. Agon EdD (EPP/TLE/TVL/TVE)

Liza A. Alvarez (Science/STEM/SSP)
Bernard R. Balitao (AP/HUMSS)
Joselito E. Calios (English/SPFL/GAS)
Norlyn D. Conde EdD (MAPEH/SPA/SPS/HOPE/A&D/Sports)
Wilma Q. Del Rosario (LRMS/ADM)
Ma. Teresita E. Herrera EdD (Filipino/GAS/Piling Larang)
Perlita M. Ignacio PhD (EsP)
Dulce O. Santos PhD (Kindergarten/MTB-MLE)
Teresita P. Tagulao EdD (Mathematics/ABM)

Printed in the Philippines by Department of Education – Schools

Division of Pasig City
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Computer Systems Servicing NCII G11 module on

Installing Utility Software.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed
by its Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou
Concepcion A. Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig
through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized
the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential
Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5
Cs, namely: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and
Character while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box
in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to Computer Systems Servicing NCII Module on Installing

Utility Software. The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human
body. It is often used to depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands
we may learn, create and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning
resource signifies that you as a learner is capable and empowered to
successfully achieve the relevant competencies and skills at your own pace
and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material
while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectation – This points to the set of knowledge and skills that you will
learn after completing the module.

Pretest – This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson at hand.

Recap – This part of the module provides a review of concepts and skills
that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson – This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities – This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up – This section summarizes the concepts and application of the

lesson.

Valuing – This part integrates a desirable moral value in the lesson.

Posttest – This measures how much you have learned from the entire
module.
 After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
1. define and list down each of the basic types of a utility software;
2. install data compression and antivirus utility software;
3. appreciate the importance of installing Winrar and
Smadav.

DIRECTION: Read the following statement carefully. Choose the best answer by
encircling your answer.

1. It is a utility software used to divide the hard disk into multiple logical
storage units.
a. Disk Partitioning c. Defragmentation
b. Registry Cleaner d. File Manager
2. Most of the experts do not encourage the use of this utility because such
utilities often associated with malware or scareware.
a. Registry Cleaner c. Disk Partitioning
b. Defragmentation d. Antivirus Software
3. It is a utility that is used to increase the amount of information that can be
stored on a hard disk drive of a given size.
a. Data Compression c. Defragmentation
b. Disk Compression d. Registry Cleaner
4. Which of the following files does not targeted by the disk cleanup?
a. Temporary internet files c. Old downloaded files
b. Setup log files d. Compression of old files
5. A utility software usually focuses on how the computer infrastructure
operates. Which of the following function does not belong to a utility
software?
a. Scanning for virus c. Virtualization
b. Data recovery d. Disk partitioning
 • You had learned in our last module that Microsoft Office is a collection of
office-related applications. Each application serves a unique purpose and
offers a specific service to its users.
• It is the leading platform to drive productivity at home and in the workplace.
Whether it's managing email in Outlook, offers specialized tools for
formatting document in various ways, building analysis spreadsheets in
Excel, Office has made carrying out many computer-based tasks easier for
all of us.

What did you do the last time your PC went slow? Did you run some
applications to free your flash drive from malwares? Did you accidentally deleted
some important files from your PC that forced you to install a recovery data
software? You might not be aware but almost every functions of your computer
uses a utility software. It may be in a form of backing up data, scanning for virus,
data security integration or file management system.

W H AT I S U T IL I T I T Y SO F T W AR E ?
A utility or software utility is a system software intended to analyze,
configure, optimize, monitor, or help maintain a computer. It is a program that
performs a specific task which is usually related to managing the system
resources.
A utility software usually focuses on how the computer infrastructure
operates. It includes computer hardware, application software, operating system,
and data storage programs. These utilities could range from small and simple to
large and complex that can perform either a single task or multiple tasks. Some
of the functions performed by these utilities are data compression, disk
defragmentation, data recovery, management of computer resources and files,
system diagnosis and virus detection.
A utility software may be included in an operating system or installed
separately.
Generally, utility software is often compared with the application software,
but they are quite different in functions they perform. Application software usually
helps users to perform certain tasks like creating text documents, listening to
music, surfing web, or playing games. Utility software, on the other hand, tries to
focus on how the computer infrastructure operates.
 Generally, most of the major operating systems come with pre-installed
utility suites and some are installed later as per users’ requirement. There are
several types of utility software available to perform different tasks. some of them
are given below:

Defragmentation
It is a process of reducing the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It is
an important utility in the context of administering computer systems. The
process of defragmentation involves the physical organizing of the contents of the
disk to store the chunks of each file in close proximity.
Another important feature of defragmentation is that it creates larger
regions of free space by the process of compaction to prevent the fragmentation.
It has been seen that the movement of the hard drive’s read/write heads over
different areas of the disk in accessing fragmented files is slower than to access
the non-fragmented files, without moving the read/write heads.

Disk Cleanup
It is another computer maintenance utility, pre-installed in Microsoft
Windows. Disk cleanup or cleanmgr.exe is used to clean up the disk space on a
computer’s hard drive disk. This utility first searches and analyzes the files on the
hard drive which are no longer in use and later removes them from the hard drive.
There are few file types, which are targeted by the Disk Cleanup on prior basis.
The file types include:
• Compression of old files
• Temporary Internet files
• Temporary Windows file
• Downloaded Program files
• Recycle Bin
• Removal of unused applications or optional Windows components
• Setup Log files
• Offline files

Disk Partitioning
Disk partitioning utility is used to divide the hard disk into multiple logical
storage units usually known as partitions. In many other operating systems such
as BSD and Solaris, these partitions are known as Slices. Disk partitioning is used
to create, resize, delete, and operate these partitions on the hard disk drive.

Disk Compression
It is a utility that is used to increase the amount of information that can be
stored on a hard disk drive of a given size. A disk compression utility works
automatically, and you do not need to assign or designate the drive as you do in
case of file compression utility.
File Manager
A file manager or file browser is a computer utility that helps user to work
with file systems in a particular user interface. File manager is used to perform
certain tasks such as: create, open, view, close, delete, play, move, copy, paste,
cut, search, and modify attributes, properties, permissions, and print. Normally,
files are displayed in hierarchy form.

Antivirus Software
Nowadays, your computer is more expose to viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
spywares, and adware. To keep your computer safe from these threats, antivirus
or antivirus software utility is used to prevent, detect, and remove these malicious
adware, spyware, and other sorts of malware from your system.
There are different types of antivirus software available that can offer variety
of services against the malicious software or adware. You must keep your antivirus
up to date to provide your system the most upgraded protection against these
malicious threats. Some antivirus utilities completely remove the viruses from the
system, others simply quarantine them.

Data Compression
A data compression or source encoding is the process used to encode
information using fewer bits rather than using decoded representation. This
process is very common in computer science and information theory.
To improve the storage utilization, data deduplication is used to compress
data for eliminating coarse-grained redundant data.

Registry Cleaner
A registry cleaner is a kind of software utility specifically designed for the
Microsoft Windows operating system to remove the redundant or unnecessary
items from the Windows registry. Most of the experts do not encourage the use of
this utility because it often associated with malware or scareware.

Backup
Back up or the process of backing up is described as the process of making
additional copies of data that may be used to restore the original data after any
unwanted data loss event. In information technology, the backup is used for two
primary purposes. The first purpose is to restore a state of your computer following
a disaster, also known as disaster recovery. Second purpose is to restore small
numbers of files which has accidently deleted or become corrupted. Data loss is a
very common process, and everyone can face this problem for one or another
reason.
 D A T A C O M PR E S SI O N U T I L I T Y SO F T W AR E
Data compression or file compression can be handy if you are running on
low disk space or want to share files on social media networks or messaging
websites. There are plenty of file compression software available if you want to
compress files. However, each software supports different file archive formats and
offers different features. Here is a list of some software that you can use to
compress files in Windows and MAC.

1. Winzip
2. 7-zip
3. WinRAR
4. PeaZip
5. Zipware
6. Hamster Zip Archiver

W I N R AR I N ST A L L AT I O N
Double click the installer and then click yes

2
1

Choose install then click ok

4
3

Click done

5
F I L E C O M P R E S S I O N U SI N G W I N R A R
Select the file or files that you want to compress then right click and choose
“add to archive”.

Put a name for your file and then select ok

10
 A N T I VI R U S U T I L I T Y S O FT W A R E
Antivirus is a program that detects and prevents your MAC, PC or laptop
from malicious programs or malware that is often referred to as a virus. It is
recommended to install and use relevant and genuine antivirus in your PC or
laptop to prevent it from any kind of virus attack that can cause permanent
damage to your machine. Here are some of the list of antivirus software that you
may try to protect your computer from malicious programs or virus:

1. Avast Antivirus
2. Norton Antivirus
3. McAfree Antivirus
4. Eset Antivirus
5. Kaspersky Antivirus
6. Smadav

S M A D A V S O F T W AR E I N S T A L L AT I O N
Double click the installer and then choose yes.

1
2

Choose the language to use then click ok and next.

3

Click “I accept the agreement” and click next.

6 7
 Check the box “create a desktop icon” and then click next.

Click install, click ok continue to use Smadav Free and then click finish.

11 12
10

S C A N U SI N G S M A D A V
Click “scanner”.

13
 Select the folder or drive that you want to scan and then click scan.

14

15

DIRECTION: Read each statement below carefully. Write T if the statement is true.
Supply the correct word for the underlined word if the statement is false. Use the
group of words below for your answer.
_________1. Some of the functions performed by utility software are data
compression, disk defragmentation, data recovery, management of computer
resources and files, system diagnosis and virus detection.
_________2. The process of defragmentation involves the physical organizing of the
contents of the disk to store the chunks of each file in close proximity.
_________3. Disk compression is used to create, resize, delete, and operate these
slices on the hard disk drive.
_________4. WinRAR is an example of data compression utility software.
_________5. Most of the experts do not encourage the use of Eset antivirus because
it often associated with malware or scareware.
>System >Disk Partitioning >Registry Cleaner
>File Manager >SMADAV >Norton Antivirus
PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST:
Check the following if you’ve met the criteria:
CRITERIA: YES NO
Did you…?
WINRAR INSTALLATION
1. Double click the installer and then click yes
2. Choose install then click ok
3. Click done
FILE COMPRESSION USING WINRAR
4. Select the file or files that you want to compress then
right click and choose “add to archive”.
5. Put a name for your file and then select ok
SMADAV SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
6. Double click the installer and then choose yes.
7. Choose the language to use then click ok and next.
8. Click “I accept the agreement” and click next.
9. Check the box “create a desktop icon” and then click
next.
10. Click install, click ok continue to use Smadav Free and
then click finish.
SCAN USING SMADAV
11. Click “scanner”.
12. Select the folder or drive that you want to scan and
then click scan.

A utility software usually focuses on how the computer infrastructure operates.

It includes computer hardware, application software, operating system, and data
storage programs. These utilities could range from small and simple to large and
complex that can perform either a single task or multiple tasks. Some of the functions
performed by these utilities are data compression, disk defragmentation, data
recovery, management of computer resources and files, system diagnosis and virus
detection.
Generally, most of the major operating systems come with pre-installed utility
suites and some are installed later as per users’ requirement.
 There are several types of utility software available to perform different tasks.
some of them are defragmentation, disk cleanup, disk partitioning, disk compression,
file manager, antivirus software, data compression, registry cleaner, and backup.

DIRECTION: Read the following statement carefully. Write your answer in two to
three sentences each number.

1. What is the importance of installing a utility software?

_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

2. Cite a situation in which you can apply the knowledge of installing a utility
software.
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

DIRECTION: Read the following statement carefully. Choose the best answer by
encircling your answer.

1. Most of the experts do not encourage the use of this utility because such
utilities often associated with malware or scareware.
a. Registry Cleaner c. Disk Partitioning
b. Defragmentation d. Antivirus Software
2. It is a utility software used to divide the hard disk into multiple logical
storage units.
a. Disk Partitioning c. Defragmentation
b. Registry Cleaner d. File Manager
 3. It is a utility that is used to increase the amount of information that can be
stored on a hard disk drive of a given size.
a. Data Compression c. Defragmentation
b. Disk Compression d. Registry Cleaner
4. Which of the following files does not targeted by the disk cleanup?
a. Temporary internet files c. Old downloaded files
b. Setup log files d. Compression of old files
5. A utility software usually focuses on how the computer infrastructure
operates. Which of the following function does not belong to a utility
software?
a. Scanning for virus c. Virtualization
b. Data recovery d. Disk partitioning

REFERENCES
Techjockey. “What is Utility Software”
Riya Basu. December 24, 2020. Accessed January 2, 2021
https://www.techjockey.com/blog/top-10-utility-software-tools

Types of Everything. “Types of Utility Software.”

Shenron blog. December 31 2010. Accessed December 13, 2020
https://www.typesofeverything.com/types-of-utility-software/

FROMDEV. “25+ Best Anti Virus Software To Protect Your Computer.”

Softwarewiki. October 13, 2014. Accessed December 11, 2020
https://www.fromdev.com/2014/10/best-anti-virus-
software.html#:~:text=25%2B%20Best%20Anti%20Virus%20Softwa
re%20To%20Protect%20Your,and%20also%20large%20organizatio
ns.%20...%20More%20items...%20