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A virus infects the Master Boot Record of a hard disk drive?
Boot virus
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.
A script virus hides in the boot sector program of a hard drive or floppy disk or in the master boot program in the Master Boot Record?
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What does michelangelo virus do also refer to reason the virus has this name?
Essentially, the Michelangelo virus overwrites the first hundred sectors of the hard disk with nulls and moves the original master boot record. This can cause a loss of information, as well as the inability to boot your operating system. It gets its name from the fact that infected computers are affected if booted up on March 6th, the birthday of the renaissance painter of the same name.
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.
How to fix a virus that corrupts boot up structure?
Fixing a boot up structure that is corrupted due to a virus can be difficult to deal with depending on the extent of the damage done. Reformatting the hard will can fix the boot up structure. If the virus destroys the Master Boot Record then the hard drive is useless paper weight.
What was the first IBM virus?
In 1986, the first PC virus was created. It was the Brain virus from Pakistan. Brain was a boot sector virus and only infected 360k floppy disks. Interestingly, even though it was the first virus, it had full-stealth capability.
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.
How can you remove a virus that prevents you from logging on to your computer?
In case your computer got infected, try the following:Get an antivirus program (if you don't have one already)Update your antivirusScan all your computer and delete, repair or quarantine the infected files.
A blue screen appears which says virus may be infected so it is going to shutdown when i boot the xp CD . how to avoid that?
i think your computer must be infected and you should probably go see a computer person...
What is a boot-sector virus?
multipartite virus
Virus can hide in either of two boot areas of a hard drive?
boot sector virus
