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Which profile must be applied to the Security policy rule to block spyware on compromised hosts from trying to phone-home or beacon out to external command-and-control (C2) servers?

The correct answer is A. Anti-spyware. Anti-Spyware profiles blocks spyware on compromised hosts from trying to phone-home or beacon out to external command-and-control (C2) servers, allowing you to detect malicious traffic leaving the network from infected clients…

Submitted by ashley.k· Apr 18, 2026Securing Traffic

Question

Which profile must be applied to the Security policy rule to block spyware on compromised hosts from trying to phone-home or beacon out to external command-and-control (C2) servers?

Options

  • AAnti-spyware
  • BFile blocking
  • CWildFire
  • DURL filtering

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    89% (24)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

Anti-Spyware profiles blocks spyware on compromised hosts from trying to phone-home or beacon out to external command-and-control (C2) servers, allowing you to detect malicious traffic leaving the network from infected clients. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/network-security/security-policy/security-profiles/security- profile-anti-spyware

Topics

#Security Profiles#Anti-spyware#Threat Prevention#C2 Blocking

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