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Looking Back At the Other Kind of Virus
Slatterz writes "All this panic over a strain of flu got these people thinking about some of the more virulent computer pandemics that have hit in recent years. While a computer virus pales in seriousness to a human outbreak, malware attacks can still take a huge toll on businesses throughout the world. This list of the top ten worst viruses includes some interesting trivia, including ARPANET's Creeper virus in 1971, how early attempts at copy protection resulted in Brain, and MyDoom's denial of service attack on SCO."
My girlfriend told me i got herpies from using her laptop
Top ten incomplete top ten lists:
10) That virus one
9) This one
I believe this has already happened.
A large number people were exposed for far too long to a popular operating system (name undisclosed) and this has infected their brain resulting in a massive dumbing down of the users... A few antivirus are available but the problem is that while the virus is in control, the subjects will refuse to take any cure.
Ah yes. Parent is referring to the viral nature of the GPL. If I learned anything in school, it's that using Linux is like having unprotected sex with Richard Stallman.
-BSD fanboi
[Mods, relax. It's a joke. I know the parent would want me to say it's about Windows and Bill Gates, which makes me wonder about those poor chaps who go both ways and dual boot. I bet they take it in the boot... Oh bugger I did it again, sorry!]