RC> JK> Answer ONE:
RC> JK> You asked "Will it?"
RC> JK> And I answers, Yes it will.
RC>
RC> Incomplete.  You stated "with a virus in memory".  A virus in the
RC> disk read buffer will _not_ infect the system because the contents of
RC> the disk read buffer are not executed.
Well, when a virus is in memory it is not in the disk buffer.
RC> JK> And I answers, Because when the VIRUS is active in memory
RC> JK> it checks all the files that gets executed or accessed, and
RC> JK> if the virus finds a file it want to infect it will infect
RC> JK> it.
RC>
RC> You have changed your position.  You now are stating "the virus is
RC> _active_ in memory".  Your original post said only "in memory".  The
RC> key element here is "active" - and the fact that you didn't mention
RC> that point is _why_ I asked "where in memory" and "what causes the IP
RC> to point to those addresses".
Have YOU ever heard of a virus that just is in memory without doing ANYTHING. 
I have never.
RC> Which doesn't answer the question.  The answer, of course, is because
RC> the virus is _active_ in memory, by definition, the IP will point to
RC> and execute the virus instructions.  The point of that question was
RC> to lead you to the point of saying or appreciating that the virus
RC> must be "active" - meaning that the CPU will, at some point, execute
RC> the virus instructions, and simply being "in memory" wasn't enough.
Yes but of course I know that the virus must be active in memory.
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