Monkey
aka Empire Monkey
- discovered
- 1991
- origin
- Edmonton, Canada
- reported by
- various
- author
- unknown
- family
- Empire
- size
- 512 bytes
- platform
- DOS boot sector
- vector
- Floppy and hard disk boot sectors
- payload
- boot sector
- trigger
- boot from infected disk
Payload
Encrypts the partition table with a fixed key, making the C: drive invisible to a clean DOS boot until the virus loads itself first.
~ writeup coming soon ~
Related specimens
Sources
- Internet Archive Malware Museum: Monkey :: Mikko Hypponen, Internet Archive Malware Museum
last updated: 2026-04-12 :: curated by the_curator