Hardening the operating system refers to all of the following except:

The correct answer is C. Removing antimalware agents. Removing antimalware agents. Hardening the operating system means making it more secure. Limiting administrator access, closing unused ports, and removing unnecessary services and libraries all have the potential to make an OS more secure. But removing antimalware agents would ac

Submitted by ahmad_uae· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Security

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Options

ALimiting administrator access
BClosing unused ports
CRemoving antimalware agents
DRemoving unnecessary services and libraries

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A
4% (1)
C
91% (21)
D
4% (1)

Explanation

Removing antimalware agents. Hardening the operating system means making it more secure. Limiting administrator access, closing unused ports, and removing unnecessary services and libraries all have the potential to make an OS more secure. But removing antimalware agents would actually make the system less secure. If anything, antimalware agents should be added,

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#Operating System Hardening#System Security#Attack Surface Reduction#Endpoint Security

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