Q for 19th December

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You have been asked to install a security package to the corporate machines over the next few days. Several employees have devolped virus symptoms and the IT manager is going crazy.
What is the most likely reason the machines have become infected?

A) The proxy server failed to activate the virus alert function call.

B) A bug in the firewall allowed the original XP installation to connect with the virus.

C) An employee's security access token expired and opened a backdoor into the network.

D) The XP local security manager contained a bug in the original installation.

Answer tommorow

 

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[HIDE]Erm...D? got no idea today![/HIDE]

 

[hide]no idea. i'll go with A[/hide]

 

[HIDE]Shrugs D?[/HIDE]

 

[HIDE]In my view the answer is most likely to be A [/HIDE]

 

guessing at...
[hide]B) A bug in the firewall allowed the original XP installation to connect with the virus.[/hide]

 

[HIDE]B) a bug in the firewall[/HIDE]

 

[hide]Yet another stab in the dark ... D [/hide]

 

D but they all sound weird to me

 

I'm glad somebody else thinks that. IMHO this Q is very far from the CompTIA style!

Harry.

 

[HIDE]LOL Boyce's questions get weirder by the day. I think he should start writing for Microsoft
[/HIDE]

 

Ready for the wierd answer Exam Cram want Answer B

Explanation:

A is incorrect because proxy's don't have a virus alert function

C is bogus

D is incorrect because it is a red-herring refering to LSA, local security manager

 

[HIDE]I guess b[/HIDE]

 

Hmmm got that one wrong