Data protection methods (such as snapshots or backups) can restore files damaged by viruses

Question

Options

• ATrue
• BFalse

• A
  73% (22)
• B
  27% (8)

Explanation

Data protection methods like snapshots and backups work by capturing the state of files at a point in time before corruption occurs, allowing administrators to roll back to a clean version after a virus has damaged or encrypted files. This is exactly why ransomware attacks are so devastating when backups are absent or compromised - the backup is the primary recovery mechanism.

Why B is wrong: "False" would only be correct if backups were inherently unable to restore virus-damaged files, which contradicts how data recovery fundamentally works. Backups exist precisely for scenarios like this.

Memory tip: Think of backups as a "time machine" - if a virus attacks today, a backup from yesterday lets you travel back to before the infection. The key caveat (worth knowing for harder exam questions) is that the backup must predate the infection; a backup taken after a virus has already embedded itself may restore the malware along with the files.

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