You have just installed a new biometric device using the driver supplied to you on the CD provided by the manufacturer. After confirming the device functions properly, you proceed to download the latest Windows updates as well as download the latest antivirus definitions for your antivirus scanner. Now your biometric devices refuses to work. Which of the following would best explain why the biometric device no longer functions?
a. The recently updated AV software is interfering with the operations of your newly installed biometric device
b. The biometric device has failed at a hardware level and needs to be replaced
c. The recently installed Windows updates overwrote the manufacturers supplied biometric device driver
d. Malware that specifically targets retinal scanning software infected the computer because the user was late applying the latest definitions
Answer: c. The recently installed Windows updates overwrote the manufacturers supplied biometric device driver
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