Ping Pong
aka Italian / Bouncing Ball / Vera Cruz
- discovered
- 1988-03
- origin
- Turin, Italy
- reported by
- Politecnico di Torino
- author
- unknown
- family
- Ping Pong
- size
- 512 bytes
- platform
- DOS boot sector
- vector
- Floppy boot sectors
- payload
- boot sector, visual
- trigger
- memory access in specific intervals
Payload
A small bouncing ball character travels around the screen, ricocheting off the borders, while the system continues to run normally.
~ writeup coming soon ~
Related specimens
Sources
- Internet Archive Malware Museum: Ping Pong :: Mikko Hypponen, Internet Archive Malware Museum
last updated: 2026-04-12 :: curated by the_curator