Gavin downloaded some company information into a spreadsheet so that he could work on it at home.When he returned to work,he inserted his memory card into his company computer.Within minutes,all of his hard drive files were corrupted.The most likely cause of this was a(n)
A)malfunctioning computer.
B)intranet failure.
C)computer virus.
D)bad operating system.

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The corruption of all hard drive files shortly after inserting a memory card suggests that the memory card was infected with a computer virus, which then spread to the computer. Viruses are designed to spread from one device to another and can corrupt or delete files, making this the most likely cause.

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