An administrator has been asked to configure a Palo Alto Networks NGFW to provide protection against worms and trojans. Which Security Profile type will protect against worms and trojans?

The correct answer is D. Antivirus. Antivirus Security Profiles protect against malware including viruses, worms, and trojans by inspecting traffic for known malicious file signatures and patterns. Anti-Spyware profiles are designed to detect and block command-and-control (C2) traffic and DNS-based threats from…

Submitted by noor.lb· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

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Options

AAnti-Spyware
BInstruction Prevention
CFile Blocking
DAntivirus

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A
2% (1)
B
5% (2)
C
2% (1)
D
90% (37)

Explanation

Antivirus Security Profiles protect against malware including viruses, worms, and trojans by inspecting traffic for known malicious file signatures and patterns. Anti-Spyware profiles are designed to detect and block command-and-control (C2) traffic and DNS-based threats from already-infected hosts, not the delivery of worms/trojans. File Blocking controls file transfer types. Intrusion Prevention (note: 'Instruction Prevention' in the question is a typo) protects against vulnerability exploits, not malware delivery. Antivirus is the correct profile for worm and trojan protection.

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#Security Profiles#Antivirus Profile#Threat Prevention#Worms and Trojans

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