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A boot sector virus is a computer virus that puts itself in the boot sector of a computer. The boot sector is the partition on the disk drive that contains all of the programs and files necessary for the computer to start up. This ensures that the virus will be executed once the computer is turned on.
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What is a boot-sector virus?
multipartite virus
What is the name of the virus that hides in the boot sector?
A boot sector virus. Boot sector viruses place themselves in the MBR (master boot record). This is a partition on the hard disk that contains all of the programs and files necessary for the computer to boot up when it is powered on. The virus places itself here and gains control of the computer before the operating system can gain control.
What is a boot sector virus that transforms the current boot sector to an unused portion of the disk as bad sector?
wat it
What is the difference between boot sector virus and program virus?
boot sector : virus runs on start up of the computer. program: virus runs when you run a specific program.
A multipartite virus is a combination of a boot sector virus and a file virus and can hide in either?
A multipartite virus is a combination of a boot sector virus and a file virus. It can hide in either type of program.
Virus can hide in either of two boot areas of a hard drive?
boot sector virus
What are the characterisics of a virus?
(1) file virus (2) boot sector virus
What is the meaning of boot sector viruses?
A boot sector virus is a virus that's located in or directly modifies a special part of the hard disk in a computer called the boot sector. The boot sector, in basic terms, directs the computer to the things it needs to load the operating system and user interface so you can use it. Viruses that modify the boot sector can be loaded into memory at the same time or even before the operating system, and can prevent the computer from starting up correctly in some cases. Boot sector viruses were more common during the days of DOS, when such viruses had easier access to the boot sector and other sensitive parts of the system. Today, these viruses are not very common because it is more difficult for them to spread and infect.
What are some examples of boot sector viruses?
Parity Boot is an example of boot sector virus. This virus's payload displays the message PARITY CHECK and freezes the operating system, translating the computer useless.
What is a boot virus and how do you get it.?
A boot sector virus is a computer virus infecting the boot sector on hard and floppy disks. When the computer becomes infected and successfully boots, the virus can then infect media that is written to by the infected computer, replicating itself and spreading through the sharing of disks and software applications.
What type os virus?
bombs,email viruses, trojans, worms,boot sector virus.....
Which virus uses both boot-sector and executable functions?
A virus that uses both boot-sector and executable functions is a multipartite virus. This type of virus attacks a variety of platforms, and continually re-infects each platform until it is removed.
