Gallery: Watch 15 Awesome MS-DOS Viruses in Action

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    elvira

    [Elvira](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aOyuhuEmHk), virus by French programmer Spanska, replicated the Star Wars opening crawl in an ode to his girlfriend. *Image: danooct1*
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    02

    phantom

    [Virus.DOS.Phantom1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W724mb8xQXw) is menacing--but also clearly a labor of love. *Image: danooct1*
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    03

    walker

    [Virus.DOS.Walker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFXlLizBgg) displays a crude bit of 8-bit porno (not shown) and then has an old man stroll across your screen. *Image: danooct1*
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    04

    virus-gifs-2

    [Virus.DOS.Kuku](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWtcvOLsLIk) infects all EXE and COM files, and, one time out of eight, displays this lovely colorful confetti on your screen. *Image: danooct1*
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    virus-gifs-1

    [Virus.DOS.Plane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgPMgMPDq7E) unleashes a parachuter on your command line, creating infected companion files for COMs and EXEs. *Image: danooct1*
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    06

    pingpong

    [Virus.Boot.Pingpong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHalzuPyi8) doesn't destroy anything, but it does turn your screen into a game of ping pong (but only if you try to run files on the half hour \[seriously\]). *Image: danooct1*
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    mars

    "[Mars Land](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RSV5Iko9w)," another one of Spanksa's viruses, shows a lovely lava flow with a nice message: Coding a virus can be creative. *Image: danooct1*
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    [Markt DOS Virus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk5blQAE0NM) looks scary--and it is: it formats your entire C drive. *Image: danooct1*
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    virus-gifs-10

    [Ithaqua DOS Virus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgJC_wvZhDk) is just plain nice. Every April 29 it takes over your screen to show a gentle snowfall. *Image: danooct1*
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    [Virus.DOS.Billiards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M981kWdVRA) turns your boring text into a colorful game of pool. Nice! *Image: danooct1*
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    virus-gifs-3

    [Virus.DOS.HHnHH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HNSBjMc-qk), a bouncing particle ball, wouldn't make a bad screensaver. *Image: danooct1*
  • Apple DOS Trojan proves that even in the underground world of DOS viruses fanboys were fanboys. Image danooct1
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    virus-gifs-8

    [Apple DOS Trojan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7RRiyc-4dk) proves that even in the underground world of DOS viruses, fanboys were fanboys. *Image: danooct1*
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    virus-gifs-9

    [PlayGame DOS Virus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sJIvxYXSG4) makes the unfortunate user play a game upon booting up, but only in December. *Image: danooct1*
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    new-race

    [Virus.DOS.Redcode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpw57FMCCMw) plays out a little race between Big Butt Gasso and Himmler Fewster. Weird. *Image: danooct1*
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