Ghostball (computer virus)

Ghostball (computer virus)

Ghostball was the first multipartite virus discovered. The virus was discovered in October 1989 by Fridrik Skulason. It infected both executable .COM-files and boot sectors.

See also

* Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms
* List of computer viruses
* Computer viruses
* Malware
* Multipartite virus


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