COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS
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Question
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What is the group correctly formed by only computer viruses?
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I LOVE you virus is the only virus present in the world
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Resident virus, Building virus
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Macro virus, Boot sector virus
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No group is correctly formed
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A boot sector virus is a type of malware that infects a system’s boot partition or the Master Boot Record (MBR) of a hard disk. During startup and before security software can be executed, the virus executes malicious code.
Detailed explanation-2: -A boot sector virus is malware that infects the computer storage sector where startup files are found. The boot sector contains all the files required to start the operating system (OS) and other bootable programs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Based on their host, viruses can be classified into three types, namely, animal viruses, plant viruses, and bacteriophages.
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