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- The following is a list of new viruses to watch out for:..
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- Federal Bureaucrat Virus: Divides you 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.
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- Dan Quayle Virus: Their is sumthing rong with your compueter, ewe just
- can't figyour out watt.
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- Gallup Virus: Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38% of their date
- 14% of the time (plus or minus a 3.5 margin of error).
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- Paul Revere Virus: Revolutionary virus doesn't horse around. It warns you
- of impending hard disk attack O if by LAN, twice if by C:
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- Politically Correct Virus: Never calls itself a "virus", but instead refers
- to itself as an "electronic micro-organism".
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- 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 first to see a
- counselor about possible alternatives.
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- Ross Perot Virus: Activates every component in your system, right before
- the whole thing quits.
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- Mario Cuomo Virus: It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.
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- Oprah Winfrey Virus: Your 2000 megabyte hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80
- meg, the slowly expands back to 200 meg.
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- AT&T Virus: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you're
- getting.
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- MCI Virus: Every three minutes it tells you that you are paying too much
- for the AT&T Virus.
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- Ted Turner Virus: Colorizes your monochrome monitor.
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- Arnold Schwarzenegger Virus: Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.
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- Government Economist Virus: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software
- says everything is fine.
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- New World Order Virus: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people
- really mad just thinking about it.
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- Terry Randle Virus: Yells "Oh no you don't" whenever you chose "Abort" from
- the "Abort, Retry, Fail" message.
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- Texas Virus: Makes sure that it is bigger than any other file.
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- Adam and Eve Virus: Tales a couple of bytes out of your apple.
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- Michael Jackson Virus: Hard to identify because it is constantly altering
- its appearance. This virus won't harm your PC, but it will trash your car.
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- Congressional Virus: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with
- a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem.
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- Airline Virus: You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
-
- Freudian Virus: Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own
- motherboard.
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- PBS Virus: Your PC stops every few minutes to ask for money.
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- 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.
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- Ollie North Virus: Turns your printer into a document shredder
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- Nike Virus: Just does it!
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- Sears Virus: Your data won't appear unless you buy a new set of cables,
- power supply and a set of shocks.
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- Jimmy Hoffa Virus: Nobody can find it.
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- Congressional Virus: Runs every program on the hard drive simultaneously,
- but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything.
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- Kevorkian Virus: Helps your computer shut down whenever it wants to.
-
- Imelda Marcos Virus: Sings you a song slightly off-key as you boot up, then
- subtracts money through your Quicken account and spends it all on expensive
- shoes it purchases through Prodigy.
-
- Star Trek Virus: Invades your system in places where no virus has gone
- before.
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- Health Care Virus: Tests your system for a day, finds nothing wrong, and
- sends you a bill for $4,500.
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- George Bush Virus: It starts by boldly stating, "Read my test, no new
- files!!" on the screen, proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard
- drive with new files, then blames it on the Congress Virus.
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- Cleveland Indians Virus: Makes your 486/50 machine perform like a 286/AT.
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- LAPD Virus: It claims to feel threatened by the other files on your PC and
- erases them in "self-defense".
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- Chicago Cubs Virus: Your PC frequently makes mistakes and comes in last in
- the reviews, but you still love it.
-