Ross Greenberg


Ross Matthew Greenberg was an American software developer, noted for creating one of the first antivirus software products. He also worked in journalism, and was a founding member of the Internet Press Guild.

Career

Flushot Plus

In 1987, as Software Concepts Design, Greenberg released one of the first two heuristic antivirus software utilities, Flushot Plus. He released it as shareware for $10.
O'Reilly book author Roger A. Grimes described Flushot Plus as "the first holistic program to fight MMC ."

Journalism

In the 1980s, Greenberg was a frequent contributor to PC Magazine, and was the primary sysop of its CompuServe forum, PC MagNet.
In 1996, he became a founder member of the Internet Press Guild.

Personal life

Greenberg was born in New York City, and raised in Syosset. His parents were Muriel and Walter Greenberg. He had two sisters: Toni Koweek and Carla G. Kaplan.
Greenberg attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook, graduating in 1978.
Greenberg's wife, Dawn, was from Marietta, Georgia. Before he moved to a nursing home in the Atlanta area, the couple lived in Bovina, New York. The couple separated in 2009, but did not divorce.

Health issues and death

Greenberg suffered from multiple sclerosis, first diagnosed in the mid-1980s. His elder sister described the form of his illness as "aggressive".
In late 2009, after his condition became too challenging for his family to care for him, Greenberg moved to a nursing home near Atlanta, Georgia. He later moved to a nursing home in Forsyth, Georgia. In August 2015, he was moved to Chelsey Park Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dahlonega, Georgia, where he died after contracting pneumonia, in February 2017.