In a startling turn of events, the H1N1 Virus, alias the Swine Flu, alias the Mexican Flu, alias the Mexican Swine Flu, alias the Dick Cheney Flu, alias the Taliban Flu, alias the Bernie Madoff Flu, alias the Enron Flu, alias the Adolf Hitler Flu, al...
In a press release Thursday, a disease control representative warned that alcohol based hand sanitizers are not effective against swine flu, and may in fact be promoting its spread. "The data is still coming in, but preliminary reports point to an...
New Virus Warning - Please beware of the Monica Lewinsky Virus, it sucks all the memory out of your computer, then emails everyone about what it did. If you receive such an e-mail (subject line of "Bill, Blows-jobs and Me, by Monica Lewinsky)" delete it immediately WITHOUT reading it. It contains the most dangerous e-mail virus to date. Even more deadly than the TITANIC virus - an early more...
The April Fool Joke put out on the Google Search Pages this morning has caused a huge security scare in the computer security community and many companies have been left reeling from the effects. Googly put a link to Cadie, a joke artificial intel...
Details are emerging of how the Conficker.c worm could act on April 1st. It has been known for some time that the worm, which is believed to have infected up to 10 million computers, has a major change of operating mode due to take place on April 1s...
All over the world, people are claiming that they have been affected by the Chinese Ghostnet computer attack. Ghostnet has taken control of thousands of high-profile computers and stolen secret information from them. Now it appears that it has also...
Three activists were today jailed for the firebombing of a research facility in Cambridge which specialised in looking for a cure for AIDS. The activists were members of "Viruses, Infections And Germs' Rights Association" (VIAGRA), which is running a...
TheSpoof.com was hit by a devastating Denial of Service Attack today, in response to a story that accidentally named the creator of the Conflicker virus. Earlier this week, occasional contributor Jon Hollander suggested that the virus, also known...
A reward of $250,000 has been offered by Microsoft to find out who was behind the Downadup/Cornficker virus. Since it started circulating in October 2008, the virus has infected millions of PCs worldwide, including, hospital computers and even Roy...
A new computer virus has been discovered which is potentially more lethal than a night out with Amy Winehouse. The new virus, called "Atchoo" actually infects computers with winter flu, leaving them sneezing profusely, with blocked disk drives and...
Admin staff at social networking sites have been forced to withdraw 'Smileys' and 'Emoticons' from chat rooms and discussion boards in a desperate bid to halt the spread of a potentially dangerous virus. Smiley's are tiny animated characters that...
Chat rooms and forums across the World Wide Web were on high alert this evening after a leading internet security firm issued a 'Code red' warning after a Smiley was found dead on an as yet unnamed social networking forum post originating in Dublin,...
With the festive season well under way, it has transpired that bulimics are deliberately infecting themselves with the norovirus, otherwise known as the Winter Vomiting Virus. This incredibly aggressive virus begins with mild cold symptoms before...
The Ginga Virus (Viraerusticus) which causes hair to turn red is rampant. The normal 4.765% proportion of the population who are redheaded has spiralled to a known 70% plus. Exact figures could be higher as many do not admit to using hair dye. A...
Fern Britten Virus: Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands back to 200MB. Jonathan Ross Virus: Not much use but still manages to get money out of your computer BT Virus: Every three minutes tells you what great service you are getting. Virgin Virus: Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the BT virus. Politically Correct Viru...
Pahokee, Florida (IPP) - Scientists in Pahokee, Florida report that for the first time a human herpes simplex virus has transmutated and afflicted itself upon a computer.
I.T Expert "Jim Walker", a 22-year old resident of Washington D.C reports, "This morning when I woke up, I found a virus in my heavily-protected computer! Before the virus could do any damage, though, my anti-virus cleaned it. I tried...
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