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You receive notification about a new malware that infects hosts. An infection results in the infected host attempting to contact a command-and-control server. Which Security Profile when applied to ou

The correct answer is D. Anti-Spyware Profile. Anti-Spyware Security Profiles block spyware on compromised hosts from trying to communicate with external command-and-control (C2) servers, thus enabling you to detect malicious traffic leaving the network from infected clients.

Submitted by ahmad_uae· Apr 18, 2026Securing Traffic

Question

You receive notification about a new malware that infects hosts. An infection results in the infected host attempting to contact a command-and-control server. Which Security Profile when applied to outbound Security policy rules detects and prevents this threat from establishing a command-and-control connection?

Options

  • AAntivirus Profile
  • BData Filtering Profile
  • CVulnerability Protection Profile
  • DAnti-Spyware Profile

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • D
    89% (17)

Explanation

Anti-Spyware Security Profiles block spyware on compromised hosts from trying to communicate with external command-and-control (C2) servers, thus enabling you to detect malicious traffic leaving the network from infected clients.

Topics

#Security Profiles#Anti-Spyware#Command and Control#Malware Prevention

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