NEW COMPUTER VIRUSES

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Subject: Subject: FWD>COMPUTER VIRUS'S

>ATTENTION! THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF NEW COMPUTER VIRUSES THAT ARE LURKING.
>BE ALERT!! (the world needs more lerts...).

>BOBBIT VIRUS: Removes a vital part of your hard disk then
rre-attaches it. Unfortunately, the area is permanently disabled.

>OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS: Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB,
aand then slowly expands back to 200MB.

>AT&T VIRUS: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you
aare getting.

>MCI VIRUS: Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too
mmuch for the AT&T virus.

>PAUL REVERE VIRUS: This revolutionary virus does not horse around.
IIt 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
rrefers to itself as an "electronic microorganism."

>RIGHT TO LIFE VIRUS: Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of
hhow old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a consultant about possible alternatives.

>ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system, just
bbefore the whole damn thing quits.

>MARIO CUOMO VIRUS: It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.

>TED TURNER VIRUS: Colorizes your monochrome monitor.

>ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS: Terminates your session and then disappears.
IIt'll be back.

>DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: Prevents your system from spawning any child
pprocess without joining a binary network.

>DAN QUAYLE VIRUS #2: Thers sumthin rong wit yur komputer, butt ewe
jjsut cant figyour it out!

>GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic
ssoftware says everything is fine.

>NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of
ppeople really mad just thinking about it.

>FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of
llittle 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
oof their data 14 percent of the time. (plus or minus a 3.5 percent

>margin of error.)

>TERRY RANDLE VIRUS: Prints "Oh no you don't!" whenever you choose
""Abort" from the "Abort" "Retry" "Fail" message.

>TEXAS VIRUS: Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file.

>ADAM AND EVE VIRUS: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.

>CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, screen splits
eerratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other
>side for the problem.

>AIRLINE VIRUS: You're in Dallas, but your data ends up in Singapore.

>FREUDIAN VIRUS: Your computer becomes obsessed with its own motherboard.

>PBS VIRUS: Your programs stop every few minutes asking for more money.

>ELVIS VIRUS: Makes your computer get fat and lazy, then self destructs;
oonly to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across America.

>OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to suddenly become a paper shredder.

>NIKE VIRUS: Just does it.

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