You are volunteering to help seniors learn how to use computers. You see a lady read a suspicious e-mail. Before you can stop her, she clicks on the link in the e-mail and her screen goes blank. What just happened?

An ironically time power outage.

The link downloaded malware to her computer.

She was hit with a DDoS attack.

It was a bad link that didn't work.

I think it might be either B or D. I hope this is correct. Maybe do a guessing game lol but the one I think is mostly correct is D honesty. Sorry if I’m wrong

Answer Link

Histrionicus Histrionicus · Answer 2 · 2021-10-06T19:15:38+02:00

In the given case of malicious mail and clicking on it causing the computer to go blank is due to - The link downloaded malware to her computer.

Malware is a type of software that is designed to cause damage to computers and computer systems internally. Malware is a short version of malicious software.

It can cause by various external sources such as untrusted app, mail, dodgy link, Bluetooth connection, and others.
A power outage would have lead to all computers and systems go off if not had power backup but the blank screen is not is a condition it could cause.
A DDoS attack causes huge traffic to a website or server to crash.
A bad link shows an error screen.

Thus, In the given case of malicious mail and clicking on it causing the computer to go blank is due to - The link downloaded malware to her computer.

Learn more about DDoS attacks:

https://brainly.com/question/10590797