Multiple choice

________ viruses are often transmitted by a floppy disk left in the floppy drive.

  1. Trojan horse

  2. Boot sector

  3. Script

  4. Logic bomb

  5. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Boot sector viruses infect the boot sector of floppy disks and hard drives. When a floppy disk is left in the drive during startup, the computer attempts to boot from it, executing the viral code in the boot sector and loading the virus into memory.

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