> I have just been alerted to some new viruses that are making their rounds > on-line. Be on the look out for them, they can be destructive since as > far as I can tell, no anti-virus software will clean these yet. > > JOHN BOBBIT VIRUS > Removes a vital part of your hard disk then reattaches it.(But that part > will never work again.) > > OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS > Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands > back to 200MB. > > PAUL REVERE VIRUS > This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of > impending hard disk attack - once if by LAN, twice if by C:\ > > 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. > > MARIO CUOMO VIRUS > It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run. <---- This is wrong. It should read, "Ran for years and told you to give more money so it could keep running, but actually did nothing." (ex gov NY who I dislike) > > TED TURNER VIRUS > Colorizes you monochrome monitor. > > ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS > Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back. > > DAN QUAYLE VIRUS > Their is sumthing rong wit your komputer, ewe jsut cant figyour out > watt! > > GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS > Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine. > > NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS > Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking > about it. > > FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS > Divides your hard drive into hundreds of little units, each of which > does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important > part of your computer. > > GALLUP VIRUS > Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 > percent of the time (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin for error). > > TEXAS VIRUS > Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file. > > CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS #1 > The computer locks up, screens splits erratically with a message > appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem. > > CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS #2 > Runs every program on the hard drive simultaneously but doesn't allow > the user to accomplish anything. > > AIRLINE VIRUS > You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore. > > AT&T VIRUS > Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting. > > MCI VIRUS > Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the > AT&T virus. > > FREUDIAN VIRUS > Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard. > > PBS VIRUS > Your computer stops every few minutes to ask for money. > > ELVIS VIRUS > Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self-destructs, only to > resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America. > > OLLIE NORTH VIRUS > Causes your printer to become a paper shredder. > > SEARS VIRUS > Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power supply and a set > of shocks. > > JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS > Your programs can never be found again. > > KEVORKIAN VIRUS > Helps your computer shut down as an act of mercy. > > IMELDA MARCOS VIRUS > Sings you a song(slightly off key)on boot-up, then subtracts money from > 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. > > HEALTH CARE VIRUS > Tests your system for a day, finds nothing wrong and sends you a bill > for $4,500. > > GEORGE BUSH VIRUS > It starts by boldly stating, "Read my docs ... no new files!" on the > screen. It proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new > files, then blames it on the Congressional Virus. > > NEW YORK JETS VIRUS > Makes your 586 machine perform like a 286 > > LAPD VIRUS > It claims if feels threatened by the other files on your PC and erases > them in "self-defense". > > CHICAGO CUBS VIRUS > Your PC makes frequent mistakes and come in last in the reviews, but you > still love it. > > ORAL ROBERTS VIRUS > Claims that if you don't send it a million dollars, its programmer will > take it back. > > 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.