Definitions for "Boot Sector Infector"
Boot sector infectors are one of the most common types of viruses around because they are so easy to make and spread so quickly and effectively.
A boot sector infector virus infects the boot sector on a floppy disk. Attempts to boot the computer from an infected floppy infected with a boot sector virus will launch the virus and place it into the memory so that it will reload every time the system starts up. These are the most common type of viruses and can destroy the boot information, other floppies, the entire drive and networks.
When the computer is powering up looking for the Boot information and reads an infected disk in the A: drive the virus is transfer to the computers hard drive. Once the boot code on the drive is infected the virus will be loaded into memory on every startup. From memory the boot virus can infect every disk. Boot virus's could be on a system for a long time without causing problems. Most Boot virusĀ“s will destroy the boot information or the hole hard drive.