[TenTec] Otto Taylor <wb6nxq@kingsnet.com>: [Fwd: VIRUS ALERT]

Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:23:23 EST

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Subject: [Fwd: VIRUS  ALERT]
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 22:31:18 -0800
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Subject: VIRUS  ALERT
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 16:45:10 -0600
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Though you would like this

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> >Subject: VIRUS ALERT
> >
> >          
> >  In a                                              NEW VIRUS ALERT!!!
> >                        Immediately scan your computer for the
following
> > Viruses:
> >     
> > PAT BUCHANAN VIRUS: Your system works fine, but complains loudly
about 
> > foreign software.
> >     
> > COLIN POWELL VIRUS: Makes it's presence known but doesn't do
anything. 
> > Secretly, you wish it would.
> >     
> > HILLARY CLINTON VIRUS: Files disappear, only to re-appear
mysteriously
a 
> > year
> > later, in a different directory.
> >     
> > O.J. SIMPSON VIRUS: You know it's guilty of trashing your system, but
you 
> > just can't prove it.
> >     
> > BOB DOLE VIRUS: Could be virulent, but it's been around too long to
be
much 
> > of a threat.
> >     
> > STEVE FORBES VIRUS: All files reported as the same size.
> >     
> > PAUL REVERE VIRUS: This virus doesn't horse around, warns you of
impending 
> > attack. Once if by LAN, twice if by C.
> >     
> > STEVE CASE VIRUS: Too many error messages to list. Call the 800
number.

> > Caution: this number may be busy at all times....keep trying.
> >     
> > POLITICALLY CORRECT VIRUS: Never identifies itself as a "virus", but
instead
> >
> > refers to itself as an "electronic micro-organism".
> >     
> > ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system, just
before
the 
> > whole thing quits.
> >     
> > TED TURNER VIRUS: Colorizes your monochrome monitor.
> >     
> > DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: Thier is sumthing rong with yur kemputer, but ewe
cant 
> > figyur 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 alot 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 your computer.
> >     
> > GALLUP VIRUS: 60% of the PC's infected will loose 30% of their data
14%
of 
> > the time. (plus or minus a 3.5% margin of error).
> >     
> > 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 and the screen splits in
half 
> > with
> > the same message appearing on each side. The message says that the
blame for
> >
> > the gridlock is caused by the other side.
> >     
> > AIRLINE LUGGAGE VIRUS: Your database is in the U.S., but all of your
data is
> >
> > in Singapore.
> >     
> > FREUDIAN VIRUS: Your computer becomes obsessive with marrying it's
own 
> > motherboard. (also known as the Arkansas Virus).
> >     
> > PBS VIRUS: Your program stops running every 10 minutes to ask for
money.
> >     
> > ELVIS VIRUS: Your computer gets fat, slow, and lazy; then self
destructs 
> > only
> > to show up at shopping malls and service stations across America.
> >     
> > OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to become a paper shredder.
> >     
> > NIKE VIRUS: Just does it.
> >     
> > SEARS VIRUS: Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power
supply 
> > and shocks.
> >     
> > JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS: Your program can never be found again.
> >     
> > KERVORKIAN VIRUS: Helps your computer shut down as an act of mercy.
> >     
> > 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 $4,500.00.
> >     
> > GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: It starts by boldly saying, "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.


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