Virus Description - Ripper virus

Ripper virus

Name	Ripper virus
Aliases	Jack ripper
Discovered on	1993 and it is in the wild

Virus Information - Ripper virus:

This virus infects the boot sector of floppy disks and the partition table (MBR) of the hard disks. The virus infects the computer when booted with an infected disk. The virus infects the hard disk the first time it infects the computer. When the virus is active in the memory, it will be infecting the boot sector of all the floppy disks accessed. The virus encrypts its code while infecting.

Ripper virus uses stealth techniques to hide its presence when it is in active in the memory. Ripper will alter the data written randomly. This could result in data corruption.