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If antivirus software identifies that a computer has a virus, the software has several possible ways to respond. Which of the following is NOT one of those ways?

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Responses

clean the file

clean the file

delete the file

delete the file

augment the file

augment the file

quarantine the file

quarantine the file
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The option that is NOT one of the typical responses of antivirus software when it identifies a virus is augment the file.

Antivirus software usually can clean, delete, or quarantine infected files, but it does not augment them.