A virus written into the boot sectors of a floppy disk. A popular way to spread a virus when floppy disks were widely used, the boot virus relied on people forgetting to remove the last floppy they ...

Security firm Panda Labs has released (PDF) its malware report for the first quarter 2008. The report covers a number of topics and makes predictions about the types of attacks we may see in the ...

Hi folks. My sister just called and said:<br><br>"When I try to start my computer, I starts to boot up and then quits"<br><br>I said: "What do you mean quits?".. Shuts right off.<br><br>She said she ...

Performing a factory reset on your laptop should remove the vast majority of malware, with the exception of the boot sector virus. A boot sector virus erases or modifies the code the computer uses to ...

Computers are prone to virus attacks. People take various measures to protect themselves from such malware attacks, but may still find themselves ill-prepared. One of the major consequences of a virus ...