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An administrator wants to prevent users from unintentionally accessing malicious domains where data can be exfiltrated through established connections to remote systems. From the Pre-defined…

The correct answer is B. Set the Command and Control category to block. command-and-control - Command-and-control URLs and domains used by malware and/or compromised systems to surreptitiously communicate with an attacker's remote server to receive malicious commands or exfiltrate data…

Submitted by jakub_pl· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

An administrator wants to prevent users from unintentionally accessing malicious domains where data can be exfiltrated through established connections to remote systems. From the Pre-defined Categories tab within the URL Filtering profile what is the right configuration to prevent such connections?

Options

  • ASet the malware category to block
  • BSet the Command and Control category to block
  • CSet the phishing category to override
  • DSet the hacking category to continue

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    94% (29)
  • C
    3% (1)

Explanation

command-and-control - Command-and-control URLs and domains used by malware and/or compromised systems to surreptitiously communicate with an attacker's remote server to receive malicious commands or exfiltrate data. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/url-filtering/url-categories/url- category-best-practices

Topics

#URL Filtering#Security Profiles#Command and Control#Threat Prevention

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