This Virus was Terrifying | Nostalgia Nerd
Head to https://squarespace.com/nostalgianerd to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code nostalgianerd ~ in 1992 a virus threat rose up that had the world panicking. That virus was called The Michelangelo virus, and it was poised to knock out 5 million computers around the world. Only John McAfee could save us.
⌚Timings⌚
00:00-06:00 Introduction
06:00-06:51 SqSp
06:51-20:02 Michelangelo Virus
🔗Video Links🔗
@danooct1 Michelangelo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl_Hbj0BpRU
@danooct1 Stoned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfk4g0iPv74
Virus News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAMiENI0_J4
Newsround: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P48Onbhyh0I
Public Broadcasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3vpvlEGEM
Local news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-EtjscqvlE
Flashback Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx0xZ5tXOdE
Proi7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdHMU7r7qJQ
Datacrime II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZYIjzFqDxo
McAfee Commerical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22gmawwZKQ
Osicom Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1eYtJbQ__w
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@Nklecz1980
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
First
@Carl.Wilson.82
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Cowabunga!!
@Tech-geeky
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
😆 its like Y2K, but not the new year celebration
@mstewart401
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
I remeber the Michelangelo virus. My father had an XT clone he used to dial into work. My mom was taking a secretary course at the local Comunity College. She must have brought it home from her school. My fathers work sent a copy of Norton Anti virus and Michelangelo showed up on all her disks and the hard drive. So we cleaned all the disks and nothing happened to the computer. So John McCathy might have been right about the damage being mitigated by anti virus software.
@CZpersi
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
For some reason, I tend to get very suspicious, when I hear the name McAffee. It could have something to do with the software wearing this brand behaving like a literal malware in our computers today.
@gfabasic32
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Fascinating! Though sleep deprived I had to watch 'til the end. Now that's impressive story-telling. Bit like the book on anti-gravity. I just couldn't put it down.
@davidgray2805
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Just like convid, was all hype and the anti virus software
@darthsmack7090
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Why would someone make this? Just to see the world burn?
@alexknox814
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Governments weren't on this shit yet am i wrong.
@alexknox814
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Had many a friend destroy a few hard drives looking at niece-sites during the late 90s
@naughtiusmaximus
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
The most annoying virus I ever had was "regsvr.exe" to the point when I saw it again, I felt like "So you are back, you sonavabitch".
@W.M.-
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Plot twist: McAfee created the Michaelangelo virus
@Kramer-IT
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Lol egghead
@ninjasiren
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
this is basically like the Y2K, IT people have done their work to avoid any issues
Now I want to know if people if didn't done their work, how much will go chaos
@LordKohaegan
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
It's great how in these days that there's a very little chance to get viruses as every PC comes built in with Windows Defender. It works so well, there really isn't a need to buy a paid one. I've had 3 computers since 2007 and not one has gotten a virus, just some false positives.
@chompchompnomnom4256
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
McAfee is a virus that ruins your computer. Anyone knows it.
@johngangemi1361
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
There are still a lot of snake oil sellers in cybersecurity now.
@fredklier
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
I remember this panic and use this scan software! Good times, computer virus and antivirus via mail!
@Ayrshore
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Canadians: "Let''s show a computer that's immune to this virus in the news piece"
@clockblower6414
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
McAfee was whacked. The government didnt want us knowing how to fuck whales
@Howlflame
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
My dad worked for Symantec for quite a few years! Though I'm pretty sure he wasn't working for them at the time this happened XD
@TerminalWorld
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
'Roll on the millennium bug'
So, you gonna chime in with the lies about millennium bug too?
Or will you portrait it as a real threat that it was?
@outtheredude
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
I blame The Plague from 'Hackers' (1996) for the Michelangelo virus. While middle aged conservatively dressed virus "experts" raised the hype train on a virus, probably written by some snotty kid in sneakers, the real virus expert.
@wojiaobill
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Bro, do i need to install antivirus software? I cant afford to lose all those memes i have stored on my M1 Mac Mini bro
@LegacyOfTheAncientsC64c
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
I was a freshman in High School when this happened. The computer lab teacher was frantic trying to get student volunteers to help run the antivirus on the IBM EduQuests that littered the labs. I honestly think he just didn't want to spend a weekend at school doing it himself.
@SteveMacSticky
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
I stopped listening to broadcast "news" and reading "newspapers" long ago. I am better well informed about everything without them making noise in my ear
@davidpowers746
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
I would imagine this is where Hackers got the idea to name the virus in the movie "DaVinci"
@TheSubtleCow
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
This really puts some interesting context on the Y2K panic
@cacheslovakia
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
Dis is one half.
Press any key to continue …
@itstheweirdguy
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
McAfee was, and died…full of $hit….RIP
@Nono-hk3is
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 am
8:39 John McAfee, Virus Industry Assassin.
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