Brent installs a personal firewall on his laptop. A few weeks later, he purchases a new software application from a trusted source. When Brent begins using this new application, a dialog box appears stating that the app is attempting to establish a connection and asking him to choose whether to allow or block the app. Brent should _____.

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contact the source of the app and request customer support for this issue

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ignore the dialog box because he has been targeted by a rogue antivirus exploit

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select “Allow” so that his app will be added to his firewall’s list of allowed exceptions

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select “Block” because his firewall has detected that the new app is infected with malware

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