CompTIA A+ 220-1102 (V14) Practice Question

A primary tactic of many malware variants is to disable system security features, including the firewall and anti-malware software, to prevent detection and removal. While a conflicting third-party security application could legitimately disable the Windows firewall, or a failed OS update could cause system instability, unsolicited and repeated notifications of this nature are a classic and high-priority symptom of a malware infection. A corrupted user profile is less likely to cause this specific behavior.