Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 19:30:02 JST
Subject: The latest list of PC viruses


   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.

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

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

   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
   are getting.

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

   TED TURNER VIRUS: Colorizes your monochrome monitor.

   ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS: Terminates and stays resident. It'll
   be back.

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

   DAN QUAYLE VIRUS 2: Their is sumthing rong with your compueter, ewe
   just can't 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 disk into hundreds of
   little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of
   which claim to be the most important part of the 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 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.

   MICHAEL JACKSON VIRUS: Hard to identifiy because it is constantly
   altering its appearance.  This virus won't harm your PC, but it will
   trash your car.

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

   AIRLINE VIRUS: You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.

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

   PBS VIRUS: Your PC stops every few minutes to ask for money.

   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.

   OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Turns your printer into a document shredder.

   NIKE VIRUS: Just Does It$

   SEARS VIRUS: Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power
   supply, and a set of shocks.

   JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS: Nobody can find it.

   CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: Runs every program on the hard drive
   simultaneously, but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything.

   KEVORKIAN VIRUS: Helps your computer shut down whenever it wants to.

   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: Test 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 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.

   CLEVELAND INDIANS VIRUS: Makes your 486/50 machine perform like a
   286/AT.

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

   CHICAGO CUBS VIRUS: Your PC makes frequent mistakes and comes
   in last in the reviews, but you still love it.


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