Multiple choice general knowledge

A……………..sometimes called a boot sector virus, executes when a computer boots up because it resides in the boot sector of a floppy disk or the master boot record of a hard disk.

  1. system virus

  2. trojan horse virus

  3. file virus

  4. macro virus
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Explanation

A boot sector virus (also called a system virus in some contexts) infects the boot sector of a disk or master boot record of a hard drive, executing during the boot process before the operating system loads. This allows it to gain control early in the startup sequence. Trojan horses, file viruses, and macro viruses target different infection vectors and are not boot-specific.

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