You work for a small company with 8 Windows computers. You recently got a great deal on a new anti-malware software suite and are in the process of installing it onto the PCs. When you go to the anti-malware vendor's website to download the installer you receive a message "Website does not exist." You did not have this issue on any other PCs in the office. What is the most likely explanation?
The PC has a strict firewall configuration
ie.edge.msc is corrupted
The PCs NIC card is bad
Malware is present on the PC and is blocking connections to common anti-malware websites
Blocking access to anti-virus or anti-malware websites is a common tactic used by malware once installed. It may block access to the website, show a fake error message or redirect to a fake version of the website to trick the user. Its likely this PC has been infected with malware.
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