Can viruses Attack 100 MB Invisible Boot Partition of Win 7?

[drpcdr_ca]

Hello,
Can/do viruses Attack 100 MB Invisible Boot Partition of Win 7?

 

[shanky887614]

yes they can attack boot file

if you can accses it in windows then they can accses it as well

 

[Pyree]

yes they can attack boot file

if you can accses it in windows then they can accses it as well

^+1. People who wrote those stuff are really creative and will do anything to cause harm on a computer.

 

[christop]

Yes they are good at wiping your boot files.

 

[almartin]

Make sure you have a good anti-virus and firewall program to help block some of the bad stuff. Christop is right they are very clever at damaging your boot files.

 

[drpcdr_ca]

I image drive C:\ and paste the image files to drive D:\. Normally the 100 MB Boot partition is invisible to Windows.

If you browse a Widows 7 system HD attached as secondary HD you will see it.
I use BootitNG and it sees everthing!

 

[drpcdr_ca]

^+1. People who wrote those stuff are really creative and will do anything to cause harm on a computer.

With Win 7, I keep it simple by imaging C:\ alone.
I don't bother to image the 100 MB boot partition (system reserve).
because it is very unlikely that a virus can alter this partition.