Ghostball

Ghostball (computer virus)

Ghostball (computer virus)

First discovered multipartite virus

Ghostball was the first multipartite virus discovered.[1] The virus was discovered in October 1989, by Friðrik Skúlason. The virus is capable of infecting both executable .COM-files and boot sectors.

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The virus was written up based on code from two different viruses. The code that is capable of infecting COM files is stated to be inspired from a modified version of the Vienna virus. The section of the virus that is capable of infecting boot sectors is extracted from the Ping-Pong virus.

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References

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    Ghostballs Virus Profile & Definition


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