A Security Analyst Suspects a Malware Infection Was Caused by a User

question 108

Multiple Choice

A security analyst suspects a malware infection was caused by a user who downloaded malware after clicking http://<malwaresource>/a.php in a phishing email. To prevent other computers from being infected by the same malware variation, the analyst should create a rule on the __________.

• A) email server that automatically deletes attached executables.
• B) IDS to match the malware sample.
• C) proxy to block all connections to <malwaresource> . proxy to block all connections to <malwaresource> .
• D) firewall to block connection attempts to dynamic DNS hosts.

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