Which virus creates bad sectors on hard disk?
Which virus creates bad sectors on hard disk?
The correct option is C Boot infectors
Boot infectors virus creates bad sectors
on hard disk.
Computer virus;-
A computer virus is a malicious software
program loaded onto a user’s computer without the user’s knowledge and performs
malicious actions. It can self-replicate, inserting itself onto other programs
or files, infecting them in the process.
Boot infectors:- A system infected by such virus will have the virus
residing in a particular area of the disk rather in a program file. This virus
get loaded soon after the Power on self-test and control the system and remains
in control at all times. Boot infectors create “bad sectors”.
A boot infector attacks the critical
section of a floppy disk or hard drive that helps to start your computer.
When the computer starts up, the malicious code is launched by the system and
your machine becomes wide open to virus coders.
Boot infectors virus creates bad sectors on hard disk.
Computer virus;-
A computer virus is a malicious software program loaded onto a user’s computer without the user’s knowledge and performs malicious actions. It can self-replicate, inserting itself onto other programs or files, infecting them in the process.
Boot infectors:- A system infected by such virus will have the virus residing in a particular area of the disk rather in a program file. This virus get loaded soon after the Power on self-test and control the system and remains in control at all times. Boot infectors create “bad sectors”.
A boot infector attacks the critical section of a floppy disk or hard drive that helps to start your computer. When the computer starts up, the malicious code is launched by the system and your machine becomes wide open to virus coders.
