Where Does a Virus Live?
Since a virus is an executable code and for its
activation it has to attach itself with such a code
where it can get executed. Hence a computer virus can lives with
- Boot Sector
- Partition Table
- 16 Bit Executable Files (EXE, COM, DLL, OVL etc.)
- 32 Bit Executable Files (PE Executable Format)
- Macros in MS Office files (Documents, Spreadsheet, presentations etc)