Where is a virus or trojan located on the computer?

Question

Where is a virus or trojan located on the computer?

Answer 1

Almost exclusively on the hard drive.

There are very few viruses that can or will infect either BIOS or RAM.

Viruses prefer to hide as program files like win32 or similar registry entries.

Answer 2

Because each one can infect different folders or files, to find the location of a virus or trojan you need this tool:

Avast free Home Edition

Get it here:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

And please do a "thorough" scan as soon as you get it downloaded. The user interface is simple. Click the left side, and in the top menu that comes up, select thorough scan.

When it finds a culprit it throws up an alarm, then you DELETE the culprit, (do not quaranteen).

Then allow it to run all of the time, and you will be completely protected. It will "automatically" update itself, also for free.

You only need to renew your registration once a year, also free.

Note: I KNOW of several people who have used AVG and Norton and have gotten a virus anyway.

Don't go with Zone Alarm as it is hoggy and conflicting.

I've tried them all, and have had wonderful results with DEPENDABLE AVAST for the last 5 years.

The corporation I work for uses the Pro version, and has never has an incident. Avast is your answer.

^j^

Answer 3

A virus, or trojan virus, has no sertain location, but, they are normaly found in a recent downloaded file. You may want to delete any downloaded files or programs you have downloaded from a non-trusted source.

Answer 4

It attached to hidden files and on your Registry and difficult to locate without using an antivirus.