What is the appropriate next step?

A computer technician is using a new version of a word processing software package when it
is discovered that a special sequence of characters causes the entire computer to crash. The
technician researches the bug and discovers that no one else experienced the problem. What is
the appropriate next step?

A computer technician is using a new version of a word processing software package when it
is discovered that a special sequence of characters causes the entire computer to crash. The
technician researches the bug and discovers that no one else experienced the problem. What is
the appropriate next step?

A.
Ignore the problem completely and let someone else deal with it.

B.
Create a document that will crash the computer when opened and send it to friends.

C.
Find an underground bulletin board and attempt to sell the bug to the highest bidder.

D.
Notify the vendor of the bug and do not disclose it until the vendor gets a chance to issue a fix.



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