6/07/2013

New Computer Viruses to Watch Out for (not)...

1. Tonya Harding Virus
Turns your .BAT files into lethal weapons.

2. Paul Revere Virus
Warns of an impending virus infection: 1 if by LAN, 2 if by C:\

3. Ollie North Virus
Plays a patriotic .WAV while it shreds your files.

5. Ronald Reagan Virus
Saves your data, but forgets where it's stored.

6. Oprah Winfrey Virus
Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands to 300MB.

8. AT&T Virus
Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.

9. MCI Virus
Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T virus.

10. Politically Correct Virus
Never calls itself a "virus," but instead refers to itself as an "electronic microorganism."

11. Arnold Schwarzenegger Virus
Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.

12. Government Economist Virus
Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.

13. Adam and Eve Virus
Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple computer.

14. Congressional Virus #1
The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each half, blaming the other side for the problem.

15. Airline Virus
You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.

16. PBS Virus
Your computer stops every few minutes to ask for money.

17. LAPD Virus
It claims it feels threatened by the other files on your PC and erases them in "self-defense."

18. O.J. Virus
It claims that it did not, could not and would not delete two of your files and vows to find the virus that did it.