Question

antivirus software prevents infection by recording key attributes about your files and checking to see if they change over time in a process called a. updating. b. signature. c. quarantine. d. inoculation.

Explanation:

Updating refers to software version updates; quarantine isolates infected files; inoculation involves modifying files to resist infection. Signature-based detection records key file attributes (signatures) and checks for changes to detect malware.

Answer:

B. signature.