During a heated debate between the developers of a computer

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During a heated debate between the developers of a computer virus protection program, the subjects of design and the interactive characteristics of the user interface arose. The head programmer contradicted a statement presented by the GUI designer completely by stating that since the results of a consumer poll conducted by the company earlier that month had revealed that most private computer users preferred to not be annoyed by pop-up windows or other system alerts while using programs, the new interface should be created in a way that makes it almost invisible, as to avoid disturbing the users. Based on the programmer's reasoning, it is quite clear that the GUI designer's viewpoint is flawed.

Which of the following, if true, calls the argument's conclusion into question?

A) The fact that thousands of new computer viruses are released onto the internet every day is well-known by most users meaning that there would not be any harm in creating a virus protection program that refrained from notifying the user about every prevented infection.
B) Since most users use an average of three programs simultaneously for 70% of the time they spend working on a computer, alerts and other system interruptions can disrupt workflow and occupy precious memory resources needed by the computer to function optimally.
C) There is more than a sufficient amount of evidence to prove that the idea that computer viruses are created by companies that sell computer virus protection programs is completely fictitious.
D) Because of a rise in the public's awareness of the threat of computer viruses and the damage that they can inflict, most users now need to feel that there is some form of active mechanism constantly at work to ensure their computers' protection.
E) The method of manually enabling a protection program once a day to scan for any infections while preventing the agitation caused by alert messages from a virus protection program is ineffective since some viruses can do considerable damage in the time-frame between scans.

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by deloitte247 » Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:09 am

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Let's analyse the options below critically in order to arrive at the best option that suits the writer's argument.

Option A - INCORRECT.
Indeed, this statement did not only have credibility but also achievable in that the public market survey carried out by the developers showed that consumers are clearly in support of the program that protects their system from virus nevertheless, the programs could be developed in such a way as not to constitute nuisance to the users.

Option B - INCORRECT.
Very correct, it could be annoying to seeing pop-up windows which would most certain distract any useful computer engagement as at the time it occurs. Any computer programming company who develops any system that won't show disturbing windows would be a welcome idea for consumers.

Option C - INCORRECT.
It's likely to be fictitious because coming up with solutions are hard to come by these days. Developers have to spend huge sums of money in research and development of protection systems in order to curtail the activates of viruses.

Option D - CORRECT.
This is not needed because the users of any computer obviously know they have to protect their computer against virus attacks and hence, it'd be an uninteresting idea to think the active mechanisms must show to remind. This sounds like an argument that could question the rationale behind the author's write-up.

Option E - INCORRECT.
Very correct, no matter how immune your computer could be some other external attacks maybe for example, an infected flash drive inserted could still damage the system even after it has been scanned. Different malware problems each second arises.