1. Only Triggering, Executing
  2. Only Propagation, Executing
  3. Only Dormant, Propagation, Triggering, Executing
  4. Only Dormant, Propagation, Triggering
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Option 3 : Only Dormant, Propagation, Triggering, Executing

A virus is a program that can "infect" other programs by modifying them and inserting a copy of itself into the program. During its lifetime, a virus goes through different stages which are:

Dormant Phase- virus is idle waiting for some event to happen before it gets activated   

Propagation Phase- virus makes an identical copy of itself and attaches itself to another program

Triggering Phase- virus starts performing the function it was intended for

Execution Phase- virus does actual harm such as damaging programs and data files.
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