GIAC Exam GCIA Topic 8 Question 38 Discussion

Actual exam question for GIAC's GCIA exam

Question #: 38
Topic #: 8

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What is the name of the first computer virus that infected the boot sector of the MS-DOS operating system?

ASircam

BStoner

CCode Red

DBrain

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by Mitsue at Jan 22, 2024, 01:08 PM

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Rodolfo

7 hours ago

I'm not sure, but I think Brain is the correct answer because it was one of the earliest boot sector viruses.

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Charolette

2 days ago

I remember reading about it too. Brain was the name of the virus.

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Antonio

2 days ago

Brain? Really? That's like the OG of computer viruses. Though I guess if you're asking for the 'first' one, that makes sense.

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Tawna

4 days ago

Hold up, I thought Code Red was the first big one to hit the DOS systems. Guess I need to brush up on my virus history.

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Elin

5 days ago

Brain? Nah, that's too obvious. I'm gonna go with Sircam, that one was pretty notorious too.

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Rikki

6 days ago

I think the first computer virus that infected the boot sector of MS-DOS was Brain.

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Nickolas

7 days ago

Hmm, the boot sector virus...that's gotta be Brain, right? I remember reading about that one back in the day.

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Jerrod

8 days ago

I'm not sure, but I'll go with C) Brain too.

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Belen

14 days ago

I remember studying about this, it's definitely C) Brain.

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Glory

16 days ago

I think the answer is C) Brain.

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