Types of virus

Question 1

Boot sector

Answer 1

loads into the first sector of the hard drive; when the
computer boots, the virus then loads into memory.

Question 2

Macro

Answer 2

Usually placed in documents and e-mailed to users in the hopes that
the users will open the document, thus executing the virus.

Question 3

Program

Answer 3

Infects executable files.

Question 4

Polymorphic

Answer 4

Can change every time it is executed in an attempt to avoid antivirus
detection.

Question 5

Stealth

Answer 5

Uses various techniques to go unnoticed by antivirus programs.

Question 6

Armored

Answer 6

This protects itself from antivirus programs by tricking the program
into thinking that it is located in a different place from where it actually resides.

Question 7

Multipartite

Answer 7

A hybrid of boot and program viruses that attacks the boot sector
or system files first and then attacks the other files on the system.