Back in the days of MS-DOS, hackers created malware mainly for entertainment purposes, so there were a lot of bizarre and even funny viruses. For example, one simple piece of malware turned the image on the computer screen upside down. A virus called Madman showed users the glaring eyes of a red-faced maniac and told the victims that somebody was watching them and \u201cnothing can save you.\u201d It was chilling back in those days. Really.<\/p>\n
Of course, there were more dangerous viruses as well. In the year 2000 a criminal sent e-mail messages headed \u201cILoveYou\u201d that included the malicious attachment LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs<\/b>, which was not a text file but rather a Visual Basic script. The \u201clove letter\u201d infected more than 3 million PCs all over the world. The malware was extremely successful: It was 2002\u2019s most widespread computer virus.<\/p>\n
But time marches on, and malware has been transformed into something far less entertaining and more malevolent: software meant for one simple purpose \u2014 to make its creators rich. Nonetheless, even now it\u2019s possible to find a few viruses that stand out from the crowd. In this post we\u2019ve gathered five examples of weird and wacky malware.<\/p>\n
Even the simplest malware can bring about an emotional response. For example, a classic Skype Trojan simply sent the message \u201cHi\u201d to everyone in its victims\u2019 contact list each time they were online. The result was pretty predictable: The friends and acquaintances responded \u2014 many of them simultaneously. For some users it was such a terrible experience that they called the malware \u201cthe worst virus an introvert can face.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n@Skype<\/a> Hi! I enter my acct today &I saw this Is this a virus? cause it was sent to some of my contacts What can I do? pic.twitter.com\/kv1dWpiREb<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Vania \u3002\u309c\uff08\u309c\uff3e\u30a7\uff3e\u309c\uff09\u309c\u3002 (@Faithless_Dark) August 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n