Why is maintenance of a Software needed?

Answer 1

One, viruses and malware can infiltrate your computer and corrupt and/or steal information from your computer from software.
Two, for various reasons, software may not be working correctly which you would've probably never noticed until you perform maintenance.

Answer 2

If you are connected to the internet, you are connected to the many threats linked to it in the form of virus attacks, spyware/malware programs.

It is a wise bet to have an-going protection plan which can provide you round the clock protection. Gone are the days of periodic maintenance.

Answer 3

Programs usually contain errors. It may be a long time before they are all found and the software may run perfectly until it does, but it will need to be maintained. Software is like anything that needs maintenance in that it can stop working. So whether we are talking about machines or software, maintenance is needed.

Software requires changing regularly. Industry changes, technology changes, legal requirements change, and many of these things impact on software. You have to update the software every so often or make changes in how it works, so it can deal with these changes.

Software can be improved. New ideas of how to do things can be introduced into existing software. Having seen it working, people may have ideas of other things they want it to do, so they will want improvements made.

These are just a few reasons why software needs maintenance. It is very important that software is properly maintained. If it isn't it can cause lots of problems.

Answer 4

because it can