can virus move from one partition of my harddisk to another partition on the same harddisk.?

Answer 1

NO. The virus goes to your operating system
usually c:/windows.
All your programs usually in C:/Program Files.
Para two :say in partitions D E etc
have programs to run the virus can
infect those programs also.
get free Antivirus program AVG ( till feb2007)
www.grisoft.com and check your computer.

Answer 2

If you have Windows on both partitions, very easily. Everything on Windows is tied in to Internet Explorer.

If you have Linux or Macintosh OS it can, if you got the virus into the / filesystem. this is the Root and has access to the entire system, every file an every disk mounts somewhere on the / or a directory thereof.

On Windows XP or any other NT filesystem there is an administrator user. Never log on as administrator while online, and really never unless you absolutely need to.
It still isn't as secure as Linux or Mac, but it does beat the Win98 filesystem, If your Windows partition is the active partition, your C: root system has access to every part of your computer, and it can get your BIOS which is the small filesystem in Read Only Memory that allows you to mount the filesystem on your hard drive, floppy or CDrom or network. If it is in ROM BIOS the virus removal gets really tricky. And because it has to boot BEFORE any operating system, it can write itself to the boot sector of your hard disk... floppy etc..

Some disks have a hardware fix that you can prevent it from writing to the disk, like putting the tab open on a floppy. A good Virus Scanner program will prevent from writing to the boot sector.

Answer 3

Absolutely. Once a virus has control of your system, it can do pretty much watever it wants to do, provided it has been coded as such. Partition to partition movement however, will be more common if the operating system has access to both partitions, and the virus is coded in such a way that it would actually want to spread to both partitions (ie: infect as many files as possible). In this case, even multiple hard-drives can be affected, provided they're all seen by the operating system.

Generally, if your operating system can't see the partition, then the virus can't see it either, since low-low-level bugs are very uncommon.

Answer 4

there is no way you may attempt this without software. except you think about using a LiveCD no longer software. you could attempt using GParted and it truly is going to reduce the partition and upload a clean one. It shouldn't erase any files yet in case of mistakes, be positive to backup each little thing previously doing this.

Answer 5

Only if there is interaction between the partitions. Usually there is, so it is very likely that it will do so. However, it is not a guarantee.

Answer 6

Of course yes. Virus are very harmful, they can also move from one computer to another computer.

Answer 7

Yes.
They can even infect other PCs that share your internet connection at home.

regards,
Philip T

Answer 8

thats a good question, i do not know that, im taking a computer class at a trade skool, i dont think my teacher explained that to us in the lecture time! its called computer literacy..

Answer 9

yup, most viruses slowly go at all your programs, and some do it quicker than others, and well the rest go a littl faster. be kareful

Answer 10

Well it doesnt really work like that but i suppose the answer would be yes they can move.