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CompTIA Security+ study material · question 223 of 611

Which control stops previously unseen malware from executing without needing a signature for it?

  1. Application allow-listing
  2. Deny-listing of known-bad hashes
  3. Signature-based antivirus
  4. Network intrusion detection
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Answer: A. Application allow-listing

Allow-listing permits only approved executables, so anything unknown is blocked by default rather than by recognition.

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