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A P CC
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Interesting, The worst computer viruses of all time

Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:11PM EDT
If you haven't experienced a computer virus yet, just wait -- you probably will.
Fortunately, you missed the real heyday of computer viruses when anti-virus software wasn't very widely used, and virus attacks caused millions of dollars in damages overnight. Today's viruses can still be nightmarish, but for the average user, cleanup is considerably easier than it was just a few years ago, when the only solution in many cases was reformatting your hard drive and

»tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/87095
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from link
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the only solution in many cases was reformatting your hard drive and starting from scratch (and even that didn't do the trick sometimes).
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The difference is that advice given is better these days, in my mind

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Worst viruses?

They didn't even mention Roron, Chernobyl or Magistr. The former was
known to delete all of your files if you tried to remove
it incorrectly or under certain conditions, while the
latter two were just as destructive, if not even more so (both would try to flash your BIOS).
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The worst computer viruses of all time, the new story was about the "'worst" not bad ones,

thats why when it happens,

and i wonder why the computer did or s doing this or that"

oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I'll fix ya, I F diskkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
your xxxx axxxxxxxxxxxx, lol
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The Amish virus was the worst. It was just so.....demeaning.

said by Amish virus :
As we haveth no technology nor programming experience, this virus worketh on the honour system. Please delete all the files from thy hard drive and manually forward this virus to all on thy mailing list. We thank thee.
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said by fatness See Profile :

The Amish virus was the worst. It was just so.....demeaning.

said by Amish virus :
As we haveth no technology nor programming experience, this virus worketh on the honour system. Please delete all the files from thy hard drive and manually forward this virus to all on thy mailing list. We thank thee.
Please delete all the files from thy hard drive and manually forward this virus to all on thy mailing list. We thank thee.

lol, I'am glad i missed that one, but also i wonder how many I have avoided, by deleteing any emails from people, or ?? i don't know.
thanks "Fatness" for the info
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said by fatness See Profile :

said by Amish virus :
As we haveth no technology nor programming experience, this virus worketh on the honour system. Please delete all the files from thy hard drive and manually forward this virus to all on thy mailing list. We thank thee.
I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe! That sneaky Amish virus darn near killed me. It's definitely the most dangerous virus I've ever come across.


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There was one that topped the list and has not been mentioned, know what it was?


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