Question

What are resident and non resident virus ​

Answer 1

Resident viruses are in contrast to non-resident viruses, which are executable viruses meaning that they need to be executed before they can infect, unlike the resident virus that can execute whenever the OS loads

Answer 2

Answer:

A type of malware that hides and stores itself within the computer's memory. Depending on the virus' programming, it can then infect any file run by the computer. This type of virus even attach itself to anti-virus applications, thereby allowing it to infect any file scanned by the program.

A non-resident virus is a computer virus that does not store or execute itself from the computer memory. Executable viruses are an example of a non resident