Installing Viruses on Windows 98 - MattKC

Matt discovers it's surprisingly difficult to find a virus for Windows 98 these days.
alternative title: let's play windows 98
replace virus with STD and you'll be in for a wild ride
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[@ColombianHistoryX]

This is stupid.

[@BenGilman]

How?

[@TheWorldWideWebTheSqueakuel2]

it is and i love it

[@vlogginggabes3864]

That's my exact thoughts

[@towsif_8_128]

ШнaT

[@greystash1750]

@@towsif_8_128 Shnat?

[@PlastiGomi]

when virus have system requirements

[@vedantganesh4954]

Yee

[@lucasyoungers]

Hey, even viruses have standards.

[@Pigcogames]

Unsupported operating systems are actually safer?

[@nejcboh5701]

@@Pigcogames thats why the military uses Windows XP for their computers

[@sethadkins546]

@@Pigcogames Yes and no. While most malware won't support the OS, if someone wants to target specifically you, and they see you're on 98, they're going to have a lot more exploits to work with.

[@papawheely3627]

That moment when you realize Windows 98 is now the most secure version.

[@hhhpestock951]

No it's windows 2

[@EpicEmberOriginal]

@@hhhpestock951 No it's 1.0

[@InnoVintage]

@@EpicEmberOriginal no, it's radio shack's deskmate.

[@windestruct]

Windows 98 is for girls. Real men use ms-dos

[@AverageT-90]

@@windestruct noob I use bios

[@javidmirza4584]

Imagine having a computer so old that you’re immune to the viruses

[@GSFigure]

What Micrsoft doesn't want you to know

[@gkid64]

Like that episode of the Simpsons where Mr burns is so old he has every virus so he's immune to them

[@user-ke8le5kf5g]

Thats not true, it highly likely has unpatched network exploitable bug

[@thatlinuxguy]

The definition of security through obscurity

[@JamesnLollify]

Exactly like you, Mr. Linux (no offense)

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

I'm going to go on a whim and say that him using firefox helped with the stuff that would've just loaded by just going to some of these sites.

[@mathman0569]

@@JamesnLollify given the poplurity and use of linux in servers and consumer devices, no

[@Journey_Awaits]

How secure would something weird like Amigaos be.

[@Exoreya]

if you realy want to destroy windows, just first must learn the art of joel

[@SuperAgentMan]

Exopat joel mama

[@Baskl757]

Forgot about Joel. Need to watch him again.

[@raven4k998]

no you need lots of backstreet boys on your computer and that will destroy your windows computer

[@CedBan]

I thought it said Juul lol

[@billie8156]

Uncle Jobel

[@NithinJune]

You should call a tech support scammer with this version of windows 98

[@Brahvim]

_someone who is _*_NOT_*_ Indian please 😂👍_

[@noobboss0]

@@Brahvim how are you emojis in *ITALICS*

[@Brahvim]

@@noobboss0 OMG WHAT!? Idk how did KZbin glitch!? FYI you can type in Italics by putting underscores (This --> _ ) around text. Also I just got the notification LOL

[@jacinth_cool]

Heya people

[@NithinJune]

@@Brahvim why not, most scammers live in india. Chances are the tech scammer will be in india

[@MattsTech]

3:09 Oddly enough, deleting the “Setup MSN Internet Access” icon from the desktop removes that pop up. It took me forever to figure that out for myself.

[@SometimesSomethingProductions]

wtf

[@loganiushere]

@@SometimesSomethingProductions idk why but as a fellow win98 user it's true

[@robonator2945]

​@@loganiushere so what your saying is, windows has *_always_* been windows

[@Neiluj1493]

Thanks for the tip! Personally I just go in Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Connection -> Setup

[@alexhobbs2209]

"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A VIRUS FOR WINDOWS 98!!!" Joel: "Are you challenging me?"

[@LunarChillin]

lets get you 69 like

[@LunarChillin]

cuz ur almost there

[@dustmitesp8766]

danooct1: hold my viruses bud

[@L30NBL4NK]

Try out Bonzi Buddy (or not)

[@FranciscoCostaRamos]

MattKC: "Oh hey, now the internet is loading" Windows 98: *laughs in c: drive*

[@mank11nd]

Windows 98 is now the most secure Windows version. It's so outdated, even viruses don't support it anymore

[@NachoFilms1337]

How in the world do boomers get viruses so easily.

[@patcallahan1050]

I bought an old lady's computer for retro gaming: She had two free antivirus/malware programs. Create-a-card stuff, six different media players, toolbars galore in Internet Explorer, several different "end-cap" printer drivers and their programs (the ones they sell cheap at Walmart Target, etc) and everything she ever saved was literally saved ALL on the desktop, including her banking ( and there were 2 or three of those programs on there) So, yeah, it's amazing if they DON'T get viruses!

[@redsquirrelftw]

Yeah always amazes me lol. I've done this sort of thing too and it's actually harder than you'd think. I find searching for "free toolbar" really brings out lot of malware lol. With IE it's best though as you only need to go to bad websites to get viruses you don't even need to download or run anything. Still requires some effort to find the bad sites though.

[@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7]

Outlook was the biggest malware hole back then, and worms and macro-infected Word documents could make the computer unbootable. Nowadays it's just bundleware, adware and ransomware that you're tricked into executing yourself.

[@Straycatstrat10]

@@patcallahan1050 I bought an old Windows 98 PC a couple years back off eBay, for retro gaming. The lot was one of those real estate sales where they sell everything for whatever they get because the property got foreclosed on. I paid $15 for the computer, and when it came in, I booted it up. Upon first boot, it spewed an error about CMOS settings not saved, easy fix, replace the battery. Then, when it finally booted up, it had a 60 GB hard drive, and 40 GB of "adult content". Upon further digging, this thing was used as a website server for said content, and was in operation up to 2015. You'll find all sorts of interesting things from second hand lol

[@Polkku]

@@redsquirrelftw Yeah, in IE especially some sites can just run JS without you knowing about it. Never use IE in todays computers, it can really harm you. Edit: Or should I say, todays OS

[@Koomaxx]

This was fabulous. I'm slightly disappointed you didn't play 3D Pinball on that old relic, but the Backstreet Boys icons made up for it.

[@MattKC]

Oh man, how did I not? 😂 that was too classic back in the day, can't believe I forgot! Ah well next time ;)

[@helixifiedgd]

Try installing Windows 11 on the slowest compatible hardware

[@EnderShiru]

@@helixifiedgd better yet officially incompatible hardware. I've done it before and it's not exactly uh.. fun tbh. Interesting to see for sure, depending on what you try to do, but it's really just a waiting game. I've had my fill of doing dumb shit like that personally lmao

[@DiamondProAlpine]

i did the thing of counting every time matt said fuck or fucking in this video he said it 38 times

[@jdogthegreatone8700]

There’s no way there has to be more than that

[@chaseiscekcy]

I had a friend in high school who had a reverse Hitler mustache and that’s exactly what we called it. Glad I’m not the only one who made that connection

[@bravvyyevan3074]

Windows 98: somehow the best antivirus

[@GSFigure]

win11: crap, vulnerable to anime girlfriend viruses, smells like the remains of a skunk win98: secure, nastolgia packed, easy to use dos: *infinite*

[@Lambda_Ovine]

One of the most important reasons to upgrade your hardware and software is to avoid vulnerabilities, well, we have come full circle to and Windows 98 is so old that nobody cares to exploit it anymore, so it became more secure.

[@GSFigure]

aw yeah, this is big brain time

[@SuiYo]

So relatable when 30 people come up to you asking if you can hack facebooks

[@redsquirrelftw]

I used to get that in high school "yo can you hack my report card and give me good grades?"

[@alexanderblohme5044]

Red Squirrel if I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that back then....

[@xddstudiosbywr3cked845]

@@redsquirrelftw GIMP or Photoshop is your friend

[@jonathaningram8157]

You need to upgrade your system to get the latest trending viruses !

[@LordOfAllDaGames]

Should have tried “free ram download” XD

[@Some-guy-on-the-internet]

Why didn't you just type "windows 98 virus" into Firefox?

[@watchingaccount]

it would kinda defeat the point of the vid imo

[@HysteriaVybe]

Gregs But Better he was going out of his way to download virus. I think it wouldn’t have

[@gnomsrepnay]

@@HysteriaVybe but I think he was trying to emulate a really stupid person using the computer, even a stupid person wouldn't get a virus on purpose

[@logane1102]

Were it so easy

[@Manjustman_25806]

What I’ve learned from this is that it’s actually really hard to get a virus

[@Hammerjockeyrepair]

funniest part is that Id go to the dump and pick old desktops out, plug em in and this is basically the background and layout I remember seeing lmfao

[@ArcadeStriker]

"Matt discovers it's surprisingly difficult to find a virus for Windows 98 these days. " danooct1: *your free trial of living has expired*

[@polybius223]

yes!

[@MinecrafterPictures]

Matt: I can't get a virus on WIndows 98. Vinesauce Joel: Hold my beer! I can do the stink!

[@bread9276]

lol

[@rockyrickaby6929]

I was having a real shitty day today and watching this made it not _quite_ the worst day of my life thx Matt also Sorry you couldn't get any free spicy virus samples

[@MattKC]

Ahh thank you so much, I'm so glad to hear that. And hey maybe I'll have better luck in part 2 😏

[@josebales3944]

@@MattKC its been 5 years.

[@legoflashgamer]

@@josebales3944 5 years and 4 months

[@TheRealMangoDev]

@@josebales3944 ye

[@JoBot__]

@@legoflashgamer 6 years.

[@sealica6159]

I love how the music is named "fuckmejustin" or something like that hahaha

[@lemagreengreen]

Do you not remember the sasser worm? I was wondering if it was still around actually... It was so rampant that it would cause most older versions of Windows to crash within just a few minutes of going online

[@russellmania5349]

wasn't that with Windows XP?

[@vedantganesh4954]

Win 10:vulnerable to malware,Memz, WannaCry, etc Win 98:nope

[@moth.monster]

I love doing this kind of stuff. I find that a slightly out of date version of Windows works best. Windows 7 is likely your best bet currently.

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

It not easy to get on windows 7 also unless you go looking

[@cansofcoke]

XP will still get you fooked up. same with server 2008 and unpatched server 2012.

[@JamieBainbridge]

The amount of swearing in this is great. tfw forget to turn off your Australia 😂

[@AT4LAS]

:Matt getting a virus is hard :vinesuace Joel hold my virtual machine

[@vjxpiroevo9263]

Best comment so far 🤣🤣

[@bananabuns1369]

damn, when did joel shave his beard, grew hair, changed his voice, left sweden, and turned asian?

[@harrythecoolb3280]

2:47 no judgment on the filename lol

[@EquaTechnologies]

i guess mattkc at 2017 dropped lots of f bombs

[@partitionhlep]

hearing matt swear multiple times in a video and without the windows 98 error sound as the censor bleep feels weird

[@atirutwattanamongkol8806]

Matt probably sweared the most in this video and I'm all for it

[@klitibehluli9976]

Can anyone count how many times he said fu*king or fu*k on this video

[@kalenipclaw5683]

mattkc channels the energy of joel and spends a huge amount of time just fucking around before actually getting started with the destruction

[@northstardivine]

I just found out about you from your other windows 98 video, and man, you're a legend. I want to see more!

[@stpatricksfails6084]

ik this is an old video but i am also one of those nerds that people thought spent all their time writing viruses also the 3d maze was the best thing ever

[@wyatthall6815]

when your computer is so old that even the virus is telling you that you need an upgrade

[@EdgarsLS]

Only vinesauce joey can find a way to destroy any pc

[@thomasreese5000]

it would be interesting to decompile some of those executables and see their source

[@EMDWDG4]

6:30 Ok. Gimme a Windows 98 installation CD. TODAY. *NOW.*

[@idkgames860]

No one My pc in 90s : 3:27

[@hithereperson8137]

When you don’t know about bonzi buddy

[@alexanderblohme5044]

Now THAT was a awesome tool to have on your computer! I loved that little chubby gorilla! Or Gator! Or REALfuckingPLAYER, u remember? Hehe

[@jelle8055]

Bonzi buddy: am i a Joke to you?

[@brandontechnerd]

I could double-like if I could

[@basicrobloxian3467]

how the hell do you only have 464 subs. you deserve more

[@ajmetz82]

And six months later, he had ten thousand, ^_^.

[@xpmyt341]

Now 12.4k

[@kosmasraptis8374]

@@xpmyt341 17.7k

[@ZE0XE0]

MattKC 25.4K subscribers

[@DoctorMoguri]

102k

[@proximTeaMine]

"I'm a female seeking a female.. hell ya!..." There you got me. 😁

[@PinaEverlue]

How are you not more popular?! Underrated KZbin channel right here.

[@TheOshawott]

I f*cking love watching your old videos. This is funny as hell xD

[@awildfanappeared]

So much nostalgia in one video 😂 so amazing

[@BetaMaster2]

to connect to the internet, delete MSN from the desktop and it'll be forced to open the regular connection wizard

[@michaeldaigle7207]

I actually had that NSYNC background on my windows 98 PC back in the day...

[@phasmagaminggr9121]

Michael Daigle wha-

[@rarebrockstark6219]

Take a shot every time Matt says fucking

[@laurinneff4304]

TIL that not updating your computer makes it more secure

[@Elpearr]

Matt your voice has not changed over 5 years and I like it

[@RetroPlus]

Did he eat Joel? He's become just like him!

[@Benserboy]

take a shot every time he says fuck

[@inthegrass11]

featuring me, aged 5, trying to play Club Penguin and clicking cool adverts

[@Aisubun]

Take a shot for every "fuck" in this video LMAO

[@stephan.mp4]

f*ckin counter: ∞

[@bigvideoenergy]

I'm glad I found a fellow Aussie nerd that's enjoying answering the questions I think of at 3am in the morning

[@xythrr]

I think this proves that updating your computer inadvertantly makes you more susceptible to viruses

[@OldBloxycube]

Where is Bonzi?

[@jungletreepolandballanimat3593]

ah yes, the old days of mattkc frequently using the word "fuck" before coppa

[@powerchordgamer]

6 years ago Matt was WILD man. Look at that HAIR. I lost count of how many times he said the FUCK word. This video was a trip compared to what I'm used to seeing.

[@ari.394]

When you watched Joel too much

[@milesnetwork69]

This is just a MattKC Classic

[@NoodleCollie]

Does Limewire still work? That'd be my first go-to. (PS. Also very good viewing for March 2020...)

[@NOPerative]

Bout fell out of my seat when a virus pop-up notification from Windows complained about a missing DLL; how times have changed and somehow stayed the same.

[@seangibbz]

ok but we need to see this re-attempted with XP now obviously

[@waylan0]

hearing matt swear so often is jarring after binging his more recent content LOL

[@MetalTrabant]

Ugh, that 'custom desktop' really made me nauseous... it looks like something a 16 year old girl would've done in '98. 'Pink unicorn vomit'...

[@Morality124]

The secret to getting rid of that stupid MSN message is deleting the "Setup the Microsoft Network" sorta-shortcut on the desktop.

[@osaelokailodibia1307]

I was able to get Internet explorer working on windows 98 second edition in a VM

[@gomibako246]

Take a drink every time he says fuck

[@StubMyToe]

lmao

[@KristianNowak]

I was literally screaming DOWNLOAD MEMZ the whole video lmaooo

[@und4287]

MEMZ only works on XP and higher

[@taylorswiftfan3ever]

Hi! this was in my recommendation. I’m glad it is.

[@firo1934]

Damn I am loving it here,on your channel

[@BusterBeachside]

Take a shot every time he says "fuckin'"

[@draftish9319]

3:36 "America Online, i would rather fuckin die."

[@logan_page]

MattKC: Somewhere between DanOct1 and Vargskelethor

[@TheLameTechGuy]

Take a shot Everytime he says fuck or fuckin.

[@grantm7046]

You should have ran some of the service pack updates for win 98, then seeked out viruses specifically for that operating system. Some people even write viruses nowadays for older OS'S like win 98 for fun

[@EMDWDG4]

6:27 "Just give me a virus!" That's a sentence I thought I would never hear someone say

[@verylostdoommarauder]

2:20 Of course I immediately thought of Doom. Because everything can run Doom

[@drippyinkshard5224]

matt kc has been possessed by the spirit of vivziepop with his language

[@pawer_themaw]

It's been 7 years since that video got recorded lol

[@Dybannn]

alternative title: grown man tries find out what people did in the "90s" on his virtualized pc

[@PerturbedButtercup]

A wise man once said: I just want a virus!

[@tomcorteil]

I’ve never head Matt swear so many times in a single video

[@munch9961]

He’s definitely on a watchlist now

[@bumdia3002]

8:05 "filho da puta" kkkkk o maluco tá brabo

[@marsdeat]

“Give me a virus” hits different in 2021.

[@KopAce]

This gives me some serious vaporware vibes

[@remcodelouw1968]

Remember the time you had 20 extra hotbars in IE... The good times.

[@Glitchgod0]

Take a shot every time he says fuckin

[@kritomasP]

I never thought a virus would be too new