The Latest Virus List
- Politically Correct Virus:
- Never calls itself a "virus", but instead refers
to itself as an "electronic microorganism."
- Right to Life Virus:
- Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it
is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first
see a counselor about possible alternatives.
- Oprah Winfrey Virus:
- Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then
slowly expands back to 200MB.
- AT&T Virus:
- Every three minutes it tells you what great service you're
getting.
- MCI Virus:
- Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too
much for the AT&T Virus.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Virus:
- Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.
- Government Economist Virus:
- Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything
is fine.
- Texas Virus:
- Makes sure it's bigger than any other file.
- Warren Beatty Virus:
- Constantly tries to prove its virility by attaching itself
to younger or newer files.
- Nike Virus:
- Just does it.
- Quantum Leap Virus:
- One day your PC is a laptop, the next day it is a Macintosh,
then a Nintendo.
- Adam and Eve virus:
- Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.
- Airline virus:
- You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
- Bill Clinton virus:
- Promises to give equal time to all processes: 50% to poor,
slow processes; 50% to middle-class processes, and 50% to rich
ones. This virus protests your computer's involvement in other
computer's affairs, even though it has been having one of its
own for 12 years.
- Congressional Virus:
- The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message
appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem.
- Ross Perot Virus:
- Activates every component on your system, just before the
whole thing quits.
- Mario Cuomo Virus:
- It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.
- Dan Quayle Virus:
- Their is sumthing rong with yor compueter, ewe just can't
figyour out watt.
- Pat Buchanan virus:
- Shifts all your output to the extreme right of your screen.
- Gallup Virus:
- 60% of the PCs infected will lose 38% of their data 14% of
the time (plus or minus a 3.5% margin of error.)
- Elvis virus:
- Your computer gets fat, slow, and lazy and then self destructs,
only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across
rural America.
- Federal bureaucrat virus:
- Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each
of which do practically nothing, but all of which claim to be
the most important part of the computer.
- PBS virus:
- Your PC stops every few minutes to ask for money.
- Jocelyn Elders virus:
- Makes sure every file is a planned and wanted file.