Crazy Boot

aka CrazyBoot

Crazy Boot virus colorful ASCII art screen
discovered
1996
origin
unknown
reported by
various
author
unknown
family
Crazy Boot
size
512 bytes
platform
DOS boot sector
vector
Floppy and hard disk boot sectors
payload
boot sector, visual
trigger
boot under specific conditions

Payload

Hangs the boot process and renders a colorful ASCII art payload screen on top of the failed POST.

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Sources

last updated: 2026-04-12 :: curated by the_curator