A technician has removed a ransomware infection from a user's computer. The user's important files were encrypted, and the technician has a backup from two weeks ago. What should the technician do to restore the user's data?

Use a data recovery tool to recover the encrypted files

Reinstall the operating system and hope the files are restored

Restore the files from the backup

Pay the ransom to get the decryption key

After removing a malware infection, a technician wants to ensure the system is secure and functional. The technician has verified that the malware is removed and has restored user data from a clean backup. What should the technician do NEXT?

Update the operating system and all applications

Disable the firewall to improve network performance

After malware removal, which step is essential to ensure the system is restored to a secure state?

Immediately reconnect to the network

Verify that system files and settings are intact

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Malware Prevention 220-1202 Practice Questions (Page 7)

Part of the Security domain, which accounts for 28% of the 220-1202 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~10–17 in this domain), expect 5–9 from this objective — we provide 33 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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A technician has removed a ransomware infection from a user's computer. The user's important files were encrypted, and the technician has a backup from two weeks ago. What should the technician do to restore the user's data?
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32expert · hard
After removing a malware infection, a technician wants to ensure the system is secure and functional. The technician has verified that the malware is removed and has restored user data from a clean backup. What should the technician do NEXT?
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After malware removal, which step is essential to ensure the system is restored to a secure state?
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