Which step in the best practice procedure for malware removal is specifically intended to prevent the malware from reinfecting the device via a backup of system files?
Investigate and verify malware symptoms
Disable System Restore in Windows
Remediate infected systems
Quarantine infected systems
Disabling System Restore in Windows is a critical step in the malware removal process. This action prevents malware from infecting restore points, which could reinfect the system if a user later restores from a compromised point. Disabling this feature also deletes all existing restore points, eliminating them as a hiding place for malicious software.
The official CompTIA steps for malware removal are:
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