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Posted by on September 27, 2005, 1:06 pm
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In terms of virus infection, having multiple partitions
are safer than single partition?
For example, if the machine has drive C, D, and E.
Drive C is the windows operating system, and drive D and E are
data files drives. If drive C is infected, will it infect
drive D and E also?
Please advise. thanks!!
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Posted by Malke on September 27, 2005, 1:26 pm
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strutsng@gmail.com wrote:
> In terms of virus infection, having multiple partitions
> are safer than single partition?
>
> For example, if the machine has drive C, D, and E.
> Drive C is the windows operating system, and drive D and E are
> data files drives. If drive C is infected, will it infect
> drive D and E also?
>
> Please advise. thanks!!
It depends on the virus or worm. The safest thing to do is to have a
current version (not earlier than 2004) full-featured av installed
using updated definitions, practice Safe Hex, and do regular backups.
http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
Malke
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Posted by Ken Blake on September 27, 2005, 1:43 pm
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> In terms of virus infection, having multiple partitions
> are safer than single partition?
No.
> For example, if the machine has drive C, D, and E.
> Drive C is the windows operating system, and drive D and E are
> data files drives. If drive C is infected, will it infect
> drive D and E also?
Viruses don't normally infect drives or partitions, and it's not
drive C: that gets infected. Viruses infect files. Some viruses
infect particular files and they will usually look for and find
those files, regardless of what drive or partitions they are on.
Other viruses infect files of a particular type, and they too
will look for and find files of those types.
Having multiple partitions or drives affords you no extra
protection.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Posted by Bob I on September 27, 2005, 3:13 pm
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"jpg" files, then jpg file on D and E are at risk. If exe files are the
target then if only data(no exe on D and E) then no infection of D and E.
strutsng@gmail.com wrote:
> In terms of virus infection, having multiple partitions
> are safer than single partition?
>
> For example, if the machine has drive C, D, and E.
> Drive C is the windows operating system, and drive D and E are
> data files drives. If drive C is infected, will it infect
> drive D and E also?
>
> Please advise. thanks!!
>
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Posted by Roger Wilco on September 28, 2005, 7:23 pm
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> It depends entirely on the virus. If the virus is set to infect all
> "jpg" files, then jpg file on D and E are at risk. If exe files are
the
> target then if only data(no exe on D and E) then no infection of D and
E.
Jpg files aren't infectable - they're data files, only programs can be
infected. Also, every partition contains a program - although, as you
state, if only exe files are targeted then partitions without any exe
files won't have infected programs because of the lack of infectable
programs (as defined by the virus in question).
The OP would be better served by asking about the payload of any malware
having affect on multiple partitions rather than viruses specifically.
There was a 'so-called' virus posted to usenet not long ago that
converted MP3 files (data files) into do-nothing executables and then
'infected' those executables with a copy of itself. This so-called
virus, according to the purported author, would 'infect' a called MP3
and all MP3s in the directory path destination the one was called from.
The end result being mp3 data files (perhaps in data partitions) having
been converted into droppers of the malware.
> strutsng@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > In terms of virus infection, having multiple partitions
> > are safer than single partition?
No.
> > For example, if the machine has drive C, D, and E.
> > Drive C is the windows operating system, and drive D and E are
> > data files drives. If drive C is infected, will it infect
> > drive D and E also?
Drives don't get infected, programs do. But as above, data can be
converted or otherwise modified by the payload of malware so that where
you thought only data files existed - you now have executable malware
droppers.
> > Please advise. thanks!!
Having multiple partitions as you suggest is 'good housekeeping'
generally (part of a good data backup plan for instance) but affords
little if any "protection" against malware you allow to execute on your
machine.
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