Run an update on you virus scan. Then do a complete scan on your system. Your anti virus program should be able to detect and clean or even quarantine the virus.
Boot virus
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.
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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.
boot sector : virus runs on start up of the computer. program: virus runs when you run a specific program.
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.
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.
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.
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.
i think your computer must be infected and you should probably go see a computer person...
multipartite virus
boot sector virus