Case 22-1 Genevieve Is in Charge of Internet Security for a Small

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Case 22-1
Genevieve is in charge of Internet Security for a small New England college. Please answer the questions below.
-A professor contacts Genevieve saying that he thinks he has a computer virus, but he has been on vacation for a month, and has not used his computer.Genevieve explains that ____.

• A)it can be a virus because viruses can lurk for days or months inside a computer
• B)it can be a virus, caught by the computer while it was turned off
• C)it cannot be a virus as he would have known about the virus before he left on vacation
• D)none of the above

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