KW>i think it's possible, and without the viability decrease that rick
KW>suggested...
Depends on wich part of the code is stored out of the bootsector. If
there is only the starterroutine there, then of course the virus can
be executed, but I doubt it will when you rewrite the bs via FDISK.
KW>also without the space loss that you suggested... take a good look at
KW>the first couple of sectors of your hard drive some time... the first
KW>one is the mbr, then a bunch of blank sectors usually and then the
KW>bootsector, fat, etc... you wouldn't lose space if the virus stored the
KW>rest of itself in some of those blank sectors because they likely aren't
KW>part of any logical partition in the first place...
Indeed there are empty sectors (but I can't image what they are for).
But in my opinnion it would be silly to put viral code there. Since the
most common way of spreading bootsectorviri is via floppy and as far as
I can see floppys (or is this floppies ?) don't have these "empty"
sectors. So the virus would still need a routine to hide itself in data
area.
KW>... can you see the pun in my name?
? Sorry I don't get it : pun in your name
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