Michelangelo virus turns 25 today

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If you were around 25 years ago, you may recall the Michelangelo virus, which was timed to launch on March 6, 1992. It turned into a dud, but started
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Ever so slightly before my time! 3.11 For Workgroups was my first computer not long after it was released, and I remember being one of the first kids on the block to have a CD ROM drive after relentlessly failing to upgrade to Windows 95 using floppies over & over.

Somewhere in a box in my storage area those 20-some floppies still exist. I’m not sure where they are out there but I know they share a box with a brand new (still in the box) 5 1/4 floppy disk drive with a 6 pack of unopened floppies.

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The anonymous post is mine, ninja turtles connection IIRC

Grr..logged out and read this post, then replied LOL

Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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Wasn’t this named after one of the teenage ninja turtles?

I seem to remember it but my memory is as volatile as my PC’s memory nowadays.

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Apparently the virus got its name because Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475.

I got an email from V reminding me that the latest escapades of McAfee are enshrined here:

http://www.whoismcafee.com/

Including a link to his infamous speech on how to uninstall McAfee antivirus.

The latest reference I can find about him is this from Wikipedia:

On August 2, 2015, McAfee was arrested in Henderson County, Tennessee, on charges of one count of driving under the influence and one count of possession of a firearm while intoxicated.

http://www.wbbjtv.com/2015/08/04/john-mcafee-arrested-on-dui-gun-charges-in-henderson-county/

In spite of the nasty rumors, I assure you I was at least one hour away at the time.

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