Which of the following MOST likely happened in this situation?

While a threat intelligence analyst was researching an indicator of compromise on a search engine, the web proxy generated an alert regarding the same indicator. The threat intelligence analyst states that related sites were not visited but were searched for in a search engine .

Which of the following MOST likely happened in this situation?
A . The analyst is not using the standard approved browser.
B . The analyst accidently clicked a link related to the indicator.
C . The analyst has prefetch enabled on the browser in use.
D . The alert in unrelated to the analyst’s search.

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Answer: C