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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Original author(s) | Unknown |
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Initial release | October 1989 |
Operating system | DOS |
Predecessor | Modified Vienna (COM file-infecting code), Ping-Pong virus (boot sector-infecting section) |
Type | Computer virus, malware, multipartite virus, file virus, boot virus |
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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