Certified Incident Handler (ECIH v3) — Question 62

Computer viruses are malicious software programs that infect computers and corrupt or delete the data on them. Identify the virus type that specifically infects
Microsoft Word files?

Answer options

• A. Micro Virus
• B. File Infector
• C. Macro Virus
• D. Boot Sector virus

Correct answer: C

Explanation

A Macro Virus is designed to infect applications like Microsoft Word by embedding itself in the macros of documents, which makes it particularly dangerous for Word files. In contrast, a Micro Virus is not a recognized term, a File Infector generally infects executable files, and a Boot Sector virus targets the boot sector of storage devices, not specific document types.