![]() Such viruses come in through infected media and reside in the memory and then they move their way up to the boot sector of the hard drive. This virus typically has two parts when it infects an executable file, it acts as an executable infector and when it infects a boot sector, it works as a boot sector infector. There are of beautiful memories, music, banking information and documents for the work. Multipartite viruses infect the master boot record (MBR) or the boot sector and also infects the program files. The computer has become for many people to the main location for critical data and information. There’s only one way to clean a file infected by this virus it’s by deleting the file completely, hence losing the original data. You should always create at least two backups: one to keep. This kind of Virus is characterized by the fact that it removes the information contained in the files, rendering them partially or totally malfunctioning. One of the best ways to protect your computer and data from malware attacks is to make regular backups. They typically spread from removable media. During system boot, the virus loads in the main memory and destroys data stored on the hard disk or any storage device. ![]() ![]() This type of virus infects the boot sector of computers. Types of Computer Viruses one should watch out for and what they do? Boot sector:
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