A user reports that all of the software applications operate very slowly every day around 9:30 a.m. A couple of hours later, the computer operates normally for the rest of the day. What is the most likely cause?

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A user reports that all of the software applications operate very slowly every day around 9:30 a.m. A couple of hours later, the computer operates normally for the rest of the day. What is the most likely cause?

• The computer is infected with a virus or malware.
• The computer network is experiencing congestion at those times.
• The computer is being scanned by the antivirus software on a specified schedule.
• The computer is missing a required driver.

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