Ping-Pong virus
The Ping-Pong virus (also called Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A or VeraCruz) is a boot sector virus discovered on March 1, 1988, at the Politecnico di Torino (Turin Polytechnic University) in Italy. It was likely the most common and best known boot sector virus until outnumbered by the Stoned virus.
| Aliases | Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A, VeraCruz, Ping-Pong.A, Ping-Pong.B, Ping-Pong.C |
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| Type | Computer virus |
| Subtype | Boot sector virus |
| Author(s) | Unknown |
| Operating system(s) affected | DOS |
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