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Regina downloaded an anti-virus program online at the prompting of a pop-up that told her that her computer was infected; when she ran it, her computer was infected by a new virus. What was Regina the victim of? Choose the best answer

Responses

a Trojan

a Trojan - no response given

an extension

an extension - no response given

an executable

an executable - no response given

a plug-in

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a Trojan

A Trojan (Trojan horse) is malicious software disguised as a legitimate program — like a fake antivirus — which infects the system when the user installs/runs it.