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Washington DC Computer Viruses

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 mad just thinking about it.

FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS Divides your hard drive into hundreds of little units, each of which do practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of the computer.

PAUL REVERE VIRUS This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack—once 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 are paying too much for the AT&T; virus.

TED TURNER VIRUS Colorizes your monochrome monitor.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENNEGGER VIRUS Terminates and stays resident. It’ll be back.

DAN QUAYLE VIRUS Prevents you system from spawning and child processes without joining into a binary network.

GALLUP VIRUS Sixy 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).

This page was last updated December 26, 1997.

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 mad just thinking about it.
FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS	Divides your hard drive into hundreds of little units, each of which do practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of the computer.
PAUL REVERE VIRUS	This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack—once 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 are paying too much for the AT&T; virus.
TED TURNER VIRUS	Colorizes your monochrome monitor.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENNEGGER VIRUS	Terminates and stays resident. It’ll be back.
DAN QUAYLE VIRUS	Prevents you system from spawning and child processes without joining into a binary network.
GALLUP VIRUS	Sixy 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).