CompTIA Exam SY0-601 Topic 3 Question 36 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's SY0-601 exam

Question #: 36
Topic #: 3

A user's PC was recently infected by malware. The user has a legacy printer without vendor support, and the user's OS is fully patched. The user downloaded a driver package from the internet. No threats were found on the downloaded file, but during file installation, a malicious runtime threat was detected. Which of the following is MOST likely cause of the infection?

AThe driver has malware installed and was refactored upon download to avoid detection.

BThe user's computer has a rootkit installed that has avoided detection until the new driver overwrote key files.

CThe user's antivirus software definition were out of date and were damaged by the installation of the driver

DThe user's computer has been infected with a logic bomb set to run when new driver was installed.

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Suggested Answer: B

by Harrison at May 09, 2022, 08:47 PM

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