My computer got infected with rogue.palladium and malwarebytes did remove it but this got me thinking. It is possible for a virus/trojan/malware/worm/whatever else there is to live on any other part of my computer or devices attached to it. From what I have read, it is impossible for them to live on DSL modems or routers (is this true?). From my level of knowledge with computer hardware, I would think it would be impossible for them to live in ram when the power get turned off (is this true)? Is there any other places (like mother board in BOIS or something) where a virus can live and is so, any ways to detect them in those areas? I just want to make sure that If I clean my hard drives (with like DBAN) that I don't have to worry about anything else having a virus.