The internet provider warns a district office that its public IP address is sending thousands of spam emails. Logs show one workstation connecting directly to mail servers on port 25 all day. What is the likely explanation?
Le fournisseur d'accès prévient un bureau de district que son adresse IP publique envoie des milliers de spams. Les journaux montrent un poste de travail qui se connecte directement à des serveurs de messagerie sur le port 25 toute la journée. Quelle est l'explication probable ?
Answers
AThe mail server's disk has filled upLe disque du serveur de messagerie est plein
BThe workstation is a spam botLe poste est infecté et sert de bot de spam
CA printer is sending its scanned documentsUne imprimante envoie ses documents numérisés
DThe DHCP server has been misconfiguredLe serveur DHCP a été mal configuré
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