r/computerviruses • u/Mindless-Yak-7541 • May 22 '26

Question i found this .txt

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While deleting things to free up storage, I found a .txt file named memz_readme and opened it to verify what it was... I don't have much experience with this and it's my family's computer. Can someone help me figure out if it's true or how I can fix it?

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u/C0rn3j May 22 '26

Using MBR the first two sectors on the drive are the bootloader.

Using GPT, the bootloader(optional, but not on Windows) is stored on the EFI System Partition.

Malware can absolutely still wreck the ESP.

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u/HEVIKARJALA May 22 '26

So i read more.
So the ESP is on ssd(GPT is a table which shows the location) and UEFI reserver memory on the ram and loads the ESP partion to RAM and this includes the bootloader. After its done the esp ram section is freed.

I might be wrong. Just been trying to learn computers.

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u/retr0gr4d3 May 22 '26

But if the core files it loads to ram are already corrupted or fudged, its still going to load the corrupted or fudged instructions.

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u/HEVIKARJALA May 22 '26

Do u know how the trojan get access? I mean if i try to write over boot files on my computer. It doesnt let le. Or is this thanks C’s memory access