The Legend of YouAreAnIdiot.org

[@nationsquid]

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[@tylern6420]

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[@jbbajangamer]

why do I feel like i’ve seen this video before

[@nationsquid]

@@jbbajangamer I don't know. Mandela Effect perhaps? 👀

[@DanAtuch_Archives]

16:06 sounds like a microwave...

[@soniacanela2319]

4:03 Rick astley at work.

[@JrIcify]

I miss when viruses were basically just to prank you, and not to involve your PC in organized crime.

[@remizu2901]

I guess I'm a criminal now...

[@mrakisotnelar.8009]

Me too. Back when the worst viruses were just stuff like a dancing stick figure that opens files

[@hlscientist8760]

Especially that one desktop stripper

[@aayushpandey6839]

@@hlscientist8760 uhm what was the name of this virus?...

[@pinroshan020]

Especially when you are very proficient of using visual basic program, it is so easy to prank your friends who doesn't know about techs.

[@BeastlyMussel61]

Pulled this on a school computer back in elementary. I forget why I did it but I got lunch detention for a week

[@Nakia11798]

You were in elementary school. Clearly you just thought it would be funny. Tbh, one of my classmates did this as well. The teacher wasn't impressed, and for some reason didn't understand that shutting off the computer fixed the problem.

[@catsinwonderland7473]

LMAO

[@BlueCatarex]

Hey, I remember you! Joel talked about you on a Windows Destruction stream!

[@D00000T]

chad

[@london6441]

well now i wanna do it on my friends school laptop

[@derenbong]

The guy who created this is a genius, singlehandedly taught a whole generation to not click an unknown file/link! xD

[@alexanderthegrrrreat6727]

Well, With all the computer viruses that came after this one that only worked by clicking an unknown file/link...

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

Then that's a horrible way to teach someone

[@derenbong]

@@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647 yes indeed! but u cant deny it works for I think reasonable emotional harm for an education that will otherwise be overlooked, trust me some of my colleagues still click on unknown/untrusted links that the company keeps reminding them not to do on company computers! 😅

[@flashter6101]

Rick roll taught me that

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

@@derenbong agreed

[@kathryndodd1818]

Oh man, never thought I'd hear that anxiety inducing song again- it's only a slightly higher pitch than my brain's very vivid memory of it 😅 I was probably 10 or 11 on addictinggames and mis-clicked on one of the unavoidable ads and my heart leapt out of my chest, i was so scared. After a minute of heart-racing panicking I force shut down, waited an hour and then was trembling in fear as I turned the computer back on. Man the relief I felt when nothing happened and I was in the clear- my dad is a tech guy and I don't think that was the first time I'd had to come to him in shame to fix the pop-ups I accidentally clicked on lol. Scared me straight, there was only one other time a couple years later when a rogue trackpad again misclicked on a banner ad on MySpace causing a ton of pop-ups. Other than that I was so careful to not go anywhere near banner ads for fear of accidentally clicking them 😅😅

[@bloodassassln]

i know how you feel with that when i was younger i clicked on a side add by accident and got my computer locked and i was scared shitless because it kept saying it was a microsoft virus protector and my dumbass believed it

[@fathiralvaro7590]

Sorry I'm too lazy to read all those 😅

[@spiidercider]

holy yappathon

[@DUSTY_SUSHI]

Wait it literally plays the song? I remember having some type of anxiety or panic attack the couple times I had encountered malware. It’s really terrifying

[@Ardovo]

​ @spiidercider ​ @fathiralvaro7590 both of yall are braindead

[@looker999997]

To be fair, if you left your work unsaved before going to dodgy-looking links, this'd teach you a couple of valuable lessons without totaling your computer.

[@luisgonzalez5718]

So to say to keep your work open and go *you would be a idiot*

[@luisgonzalez5718]

@@riponrip4574 well it sounds alot cooler to say if it causes damage by you not closing your work then your an idiot

[@captainnoob5244]

Exactly

[@FutureYT]

Yeah, I always press Ctrl s like ten times after I add a single thing to the file

[@beardsntools]

I don't get this "unsaved paper" complaints because office 2000, office xp, office 2003 and later all periodically autosave and they will let you recover most, if not all of your work. There are many other things that could happen to your computer, it could crash or there could be a power outage. They thought about the computer forcefully shutting down long before this. In fact I believe office 97 already autosaved. I literally had someone turn off power as a prank and I was pissed but when than win 98 and office booted up again it was all back, in fact it opened with my paper already loaded because there wasn't the "check these unsaved files" sidebar yet.

[@Max-ej4oh]

I "defeat" it back then by holding alt + f4 and closing all of them faster than it could replicate lol. Gave it the middle finger. Good times.

[@Max-ej4oh]

Apparently they "Patched" the thing in this video, haha, in this video it says that alt + f4 didn't work, the one they sent me to try it out was alt + f4 stoppable and I remember it vividly, by clicking one of the windows borders and just holding the keys, the program would close all of its window before it replicated. Seems like even the one who did it could send out a much better fool proof version of it. Or maybe because the computer I was on ages ago was so shitty it took ages to even open a single window, not even the malicious program could react at the computer crappiness for me to close it down. Yeah I think it was that 100%

[@near5148]

@Cameron Lattz but you can't escape memz

[@jmtrad1906]

The one i got at the time alt+f4 didn't worked.

[@FakeItemBoxLetsPlays]

Ctrl + w key would also work. It does the same thing.

[@Halal_Gaming]

I put an “emergency reset” button on my pc when I was younger. I just used that.

[@bajke5591]

just imagine the creator, simply sitting and smiling at home, being the only one that knows that he is behind the 'virus'

[@stephenheffren4324]

I feel he/she/they would be more satisfied with just knowing people like you or me are incredibly interested in going to this site, even though we know we will be called an idiot.

[@sad-with-pizzazz]

@@stephenheffren4324 JUST SAY THEY OMG

[@sad-with-pizzazz]

@🍷 Zachary ;; Yeah, ik, but they is a much much simpler way to put it though. it saves time and is less hard to read

[@stephenheffren4324]

@@sad-with-pizzazz Yeah you do have a good point lol. Sorry about that.

[@benteash5761]

lmao

[@watchoutforeg]

I just know that a certain flower would love this

[@niklosweber5759]

I know that flower. On a personal level.

[@SVJPossessor]

FLOWEYYY!!! GET BACK HERE AND QUIT HURTING THE CHILD!! - Toriel Dreemurr

[@AcquaintancePlaysGames]

=)

[@runningoven]

Why is everything Undertale? There's no NUT (Non-Undertale-Temathic) content now.

[@watchoutforeg]

@@runningoven is that a GASTER REFERENXE YFMEJEHGJRJY

[@Axerol]

No one else thinks it's actually creepy as hell? The music is weirdly distorted, the voice sounds inhuman and the faces on the black background are staring into your soul.

[@Inxwolf]

the audio freaking creeps me out lol

[@failyore2]

Honestly, I never found it scary or creepy. It's just too interesting to find scary for me. If I heard this at the middle of the night though, I'd shit myself

[@poopsicle107]

One time me and my friend were playing games and in one of them he got a boombox and played you are an idiot and I pissed my pants bc I hated it, plus I was alone in my living room so yea

[@vanilla5643]

I like it, there's a cool remix of it that I listen to on loop lol

[@TheGamers55]

nah, the music is "distorted" or rather in low bitrate, because that two frame animation was made in Flash, where downsampling audio was common at the time because it drastically reduced the filesize

[@gummyexe1495]

Osu players be like: “it’s my time to shine”

[@leo79033]

Underrated lmao

[@sheijuna]

lmaoo

[@therealskibiditoiletlover]

Mhm

[@therealskibiditoiletlover]

Yes sirrrrrr

[@_Dingu]

It's a mouse only player's wet dream.

[@TexasBlueAngel85]

Now I'm curious where Farmers Insurance got their inspiration for their jingle.

[@kip258]

Some CEO in an office: *click Computer: "You are an idiot!" CEO: I'll show you!

[@Dv0m]

@@kip258 lmao

[@StrickerRei-Chn]

We are farmers...

[@goldengreen8039]

Bud um pum bum

[@realdrysoda]

Aw shit

[@matthewthescienceguy7627]

The origin of the audio comes from the 1984 album Put It Where The Moon Don’t Shine by Rick Dees, a DJ from Memphis, best known for his song “Disco Duck”. It plays during the track “Candid Phone (Dog’s Funeral)”. Lost media found.

[@codyryan9789]

It originates from WLiR

[@matthewthescienceguy7627]

@@codyryan9789 Uh, no, it didn’t.

[@mrednblack6]

Yeah, I first heard it on the telephone in 1994.

[@anthonywozniak7373]

As far as mid 2000's trolls go this was the most vanilla. Atleast it wasn't a party of lemons, a girl in a tub, a spinning of meat or a goat that can see.

[@kip258]

Oh no please don't mention the goat or he'll come back!

[@cosmosaodyssey2188]

Meat spin made me gay

[@MoltenLqva]

meatspin

[@tupactheory3739]

we didn't start the fire line 1: meatspin, goatse, lemon party, tubgirl

[@salivatinggreed4219]

this comment wins. If you know all of em you know em

[@KaomojiFN]

After it stopped being a virus site I set it as my sisters startup page on her chromebook, I still remember the look of horror on her face after she open up her laptop to see that.

[@alphapegasus9761]

we do a little trolling

[@lilyly5365]

BAHA THATS SO EVIL

[@antimatterg]

Ooooo00O000oooo

[@user-ow4fx8zf5e]

can i ask how do i do that lol. i want a startup page but i never figured out how

[@THEL0VETHIEVES]

@@user-ow4fx8zf5e do you have google

[@blake2697]

Computer viruses are so terrifying. The feeling of dread, and irreversible damage, and blaming yourself. Your heart just sinks. The ones that open a bunch of programs and slow down your computer in particular are just crazy.

[@Yep6803]

i think 20 years of prison isnt enuff

[@NINEINCHNAILSFANBOY]

@@Yep6803 literally there was probably people who had epilepsy and were effected by the flashing lights :/

[@Yep6803]

@@NINEINCHNAILSFANBOY but in general what was the purpouse? 1) no spyware 2)?

[@maiskorrel]

hate this feeling, even a recurring theme in nightmares for me lol

[@Somerandomguy2763]

@@Yep6803 The idiot one is because somebody got bored and think it will be funny if somebody clicks a link and the progress in the computer gets removed insantly

[@3uni6]

2:00 omg scared me so much, the faint smile

[@ek.c5j]

i got scared so much lol

[@falseillusin9197]

The "you are an idiot" song gives me the creeps. It's quite disturbing and surprisingly eerie. But I have heard good remixes soo.

[@billcyphers3rdeye]

the remixes are dope. the “you are an idiot” virus would make terrify me dude. like what the fuck. the overwhelming distortion while those faces flashing black and white and the other tabs swirling violently around is fucking creepy

[@falseillusin9197]

@@billcyphers3rdeye yeah, I once came close to seeing it as a kid. I went on the website but closed it by accident lol

[@buddyowl]

I would be anxious if I accidentally opened it

[@gizmo9836]

@@falseillusin9197 You got lucky

[@PeterAmbrack1]

same

[@Ashurion-Neonix]

I love how a literal prank script caused so much panic.

[@NOTHING-z6x]

dummy

[@leoberbom6817]

Do you know what website it’s on

[@Kweentoos]

People with epilepsy: 👁️👄👁️ ----- 👄 ----

[@rattleheadsofroblox1201]

@@Kweentoos their fault for clicking on the site.

[@Kweentoos]

@@rattleheadsofroblox1201 I mean yeah,it is their fault

[@EHiggins]

"You're safer using XP" that's a rarely spoken phrase.

[@LilacMonarch]

that's because XP is usually the old one in the comparison

[@EHiggins]

@@LilacMonarch I was thinking about back then lol

[@ts-z3r]

i mean…. Like nobody is making XP viruses anymore i think sooooooo

[@EHiggins]

@@ts-z3r Okay Shaggy you get a Scooby snack

[@LilacMonarch]

@@ts-z3r which is great except that since MS isn't developing security patches anymore, there's plenty of old malware that will work on it. so if you wanna develop your own patches then yeah you'll be safe

[@funkie1221]

It was a really really great idea of the person who created this masterpiece. It teaches the user to be reaaaally attentive when browsing and not doing anything stupid because of the fear of viruses while being completely harmless itself.

[@Turtlegirll]

Some people had to get a new computer it's not harmless

[@planetnydro]

The tune itself is clever. When there is just one playing, there's already a slight chorus/echo effect to it. Once you get a bunch of them going at once, it doesn't change the sound all that much. It just gets slightly more echoey and a LOT louder. This trojan horse was a masterpiece. It didn't mess with anything, it didn't try to steal your data, it just became an easy version of the Rickroll. Anything you lost was your own faukt for clicking on a scetchy link before hitting save.

[@JustKilo9113]

Fault*

[@JustKilo9113]

Lol but yea

[@thatsamood]

Your Abuelo Pedro and I *f a u k t*

[@jakkurinjactenderjakala4129]

Maybe a music theorist must speak about You are an Idiot someday!!

[@glingusblingus]

Faukt and Scetcy-

[@Birdy-wy5jn]

16:40 2012 - This virus does no harm to your computer. 2022 - This virus is more dangerous than you think that it is.

[@Vulturul333dfd-original]

how, send me link

[@erwinguzman8878]

​@@Vulturul333dfd-originalgood luck with no computer

[@arandomperso4438]

​@@Vulturul333dfd-originalbro is trying to get us reported 💀

[@Tyrannosaurusstudios]

@@erwinguzman8878 so win10 well die

[@Deleted_Eevee]

2012 - haha you have a harmless inconvenient virus 2024 - this computer is now mine and now I have your address social security number government files criminal record license plate children wife family and I will soon have taken your identity

[@theSato]

Perfect timing, I JUST got nostalgic for this faint memory and looked it up. Here before the algorithm blesses it well beyond 100k.

[@niko-dg8cg]

Same

[@soursalt698]

oh hello sato

[@Oatmea1L]

Here after the algorithm blesses it with 100k

[@nadapenny8592]

This is like being on the Oregon Trail and seeing a trail marker from the brave trailblazers that forged my path.

[@psychosomaticstatic]

3.1 million now, wow

[@sunna8476]

Nobody I talk to remembers this but it's burnt in my memory forever and the songs still pops in my head every other day

[@tringleperson131]

This is literally terrifying, the faces are so simple but so menacing and the jingle is so creepy and distorted

[@Cyanide_Infused]

i'm worried about what kind of nightmares your brain creates for you when you go to sleep at night

[@Th3cosmic_]

@@Cyanide_Infused xD

[@ziglind]

how the fuck is this terrifying

[@acheroncanslashmefr]

fr

[@crashdemon]

when i was little this gave me nightmares. for a while i literally couldn't sleep unless my mom was in the room and i could never explain why i was so scared cause she wouldn't understand that it was all because of a stupid flash animation (which was already neutralized by this time)

[@williambarnes5023]

"Don't do this. It's a virus." "Huh. I wanna see." _(Does it.)_ *"YOU ARE AN IDIOT!" ☻☻☻* "Yeah, that's fair. I deserve that."

[@sovietboi5373]

Epic

[@ChumbaWumba]

Did you get it off? Lol

[@KITTYINK416]

As a adhd person i have to say its really tempting to do it

[@ChumbaWumba]

@@KITTYINK416 I did it lmao. It worked but It went away lol

[@Weeping_Willow_Tree]

☻︎☺︎︎☻︎☺︎︎☻︎☺︎︎☻︎☺︎︎☻︎☺︎︎☻︎☺︎︎☻︎☺︎︎

[@minx8043]

I wasn't alive in 2002 but I would be scared *shitless* if this happened on my computer

[@hamcheese8929]

i’d be scared shitless even now in 2021 Lol

[@marymurphy1429]

I was 2 and wouldn't be using the internet in that sort of fashion but if I had seen it I would have cried

[@VenomQuill]

Yeah, but now a days this would just be the visible symptom of an actual virus stealing your data. So, you would need to panic. Lol

[@keli15yearsago6]

Same

[@mosalah11thegoat]

666 likes

[@ilikeregularshow]

I freaking love these internet documentaries, keep it up man

[@ABXY_02]

i feel bad for people who had epilepsy and discovered this virus

[@JK-gm6kk]

That's fair. So many people here saying it's LiTeRaLlY tErRiFyInG, for some reason.

[@vikinggamer7727]

@@JK-gm6kk you'd be scared if it happened to you, without you knowing what it was.

[@biccnesse]

I'm glad me as a kid didn't find that then lmao

[@securityguardtemmie]

@@JK-gm6kk ok then what if you spent 400 dollars on your PC (around 650ish today) and then your PC breaks 400 dollars gone all your work gone your entire tech GONE see why it's terrifying?

[@ABXY_02]

@@biccnesse dang bro im sorry about that

[@thekingofhearts43]

5 minute study video: 🥱🥱 18 minute video on a computer virus that was back in 2004: 👍

[@sunsh1ine__]

Yep

[@scottdamann2327]

569 likes ...

[@Pilgrammed]

Yep

[@Pilgrammed]

@@scottdamann2327 745 likes ...

[@scottdamann2327]

@@Pilgrammed in 3 hours?!

[@personman2454]

Honestly this virus is terrifying. Feels like something out of a horror movie with some evil AI invading your computer. Edit: By saying it’s terrifying, I meant the concept itself: not the actual virus because of how mostly harmless it is.

[@Silksper]

Frr

[@ezra5737]

I was 7 or 8 when i first saw it and if i hadnt previously watched all of the halloween movies that were out, i would want to cry.

[@azkaramadhan7654]

Yeah, evil AI that says "you are an idiot"

[@dopechincilla]

If u think this virus is scary then oh boy you’re in for a rude awakening one day

[@VskutkuTrigen]

@@sholomoone Well we were different breed, Good old happy tree friends is animation series we all watched xD

[@rjbradley2923]

I miss when viruses were basically just to prank you, now they make my boot sector unalive

[@pyp2205]

This is why you should enable auto save. So that if you run this while working, then you wouldn't be an idiot. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@FennecTECH]

Auto save wasn’t quite a thing yet.

[@pyp2205]

@@FennecTECH well you know what I mean

[@carlonpetersen171]

Not really tho, what do you mean? It truly didn't exist yet so...

[@pyp2205]

@@carlonpetersen171 I know that auto save didn't really exist at that time. But what I'm saying is that if you were working with auto save enabled, and you ran this. You wouldn't feel like an idiot for not saving your work.

[@Lateralus138]

@@carlonpetersen171Main stream auto save wasn't a thing, but many of us had our own auto saving scripts or programs we wrote for ourselves.

[@ori.g4mi]

"And now everything seems to be back to normal." 1:44 No, nothing's normal! Why is Windows XP in 1080p?? That's AWESOME in 2004!

[@frillydress]

LMAO

[@alexandthebozos5488]

690th like

[@TorutheRedFox]

there were CRTs capable of more than 1080p in 2004

[@devonbennett6559]

YAGUS HASKAMASSOON ALLAWOSSOS

[@sowth_music]

Offiz: multiplies insanely fast Osu players: *Im boutta end this mans whole career*

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

even filthy weebs at the time couldn't combat it, and weebs were one of the deadliest people to talk trash to on the internet back then!

[@vallisdaemonumofficial]

@@user-uo8ny1kj4c still are

[@jaderitz]

@@user-uo8ny1kj4c Bro it's just a rhythm game, not a weeb game and true weebs are the deadliest people ngl 😔🍷

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

@@jaderitz a skinny weaboo decided to make 4chan and look at what happended, a whole meme culture grew.

[@jaderitz]

@@user-uo8ny1kj4c Is that good or bad or both?

[@theexplosivesnatchers9969]

Ahhhhh, I've been wondering about this virus for at least 3 years, i just heven't searched it up until now, you explained it all really well! I now know that that is NOT the place to go.

[@anti_honey]

Ah I remember this as a kid. However, at the time my PC acted up because I was always trying to run games and software too big for it, so I had a surge protector next to my tower on the floor that I would switch on and off with my foot to restart the PC. Not the smartest thing to do, but I was only 11. Needless to say, this thing startled me enough to instinctively flip the surge protector, then run an antivirus after restarting

[@spaghetti-zc5on]

Yeah, this is big brain time

[@BG_NC]

I did that every time I came across a site that scared me

[@mistah.cheese]

Gargantous brain time

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

You just saved your computer by being an idiot from the you are an idiot site lmao

[@sheijuna]

@@BG_NC same

[@leah-m-holmes]

I think if I'd encountered this back in the day I would have just cried for hours.

[@SunDroid_inc]

Me too. Except I’m severely dehydrated, so I wouldn’t have any water left in my body to cry out.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@@SunDroid_incwell I hope you drank something....

[@SunDroid_inc]

@@RemoWilliams1227 I try

[@myoak108]

​@@SunDroid_inc Doctors will put you on IV drip if your skin is dehydrated enough to stand when you pinch the back of your hand. It should go down right away, otherwise you're clinically dehydrated.

[@yayvey]

I'm 29 and It was terrifying as a child. When it happened, I was home alone and frozen stiff for prob 30 mins. I distinctly remember turning on the TV to calm myself down, and the music video of Breaking The Habit by Linkin Park was playing on Much Music. I associate that song to this virus and forever have it as a core memory lmao. I was terrified of the computer for years.

[@ihateflicknotes3939]

Offiz: I fear no man but that thing **points to a osu player** Offiz: It scares me

[@rocket_owo8341]

lol i'm a osu! player since feb 2021

[@thrashmusician035]

I love your pfp

[@ok23539]

nice tf2 reference lol

[@twannie8606]

bro, imagine having an texture pack for windows and make it make your red X become an hitcircle

[@Unpug]

LMFAOAOAOO

[@SirHuman01]

my bretheren, we must rise again. come forth and fulfil our destiny.

[@TheExperimentChannel878]

💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Sonic.exe_uwu666]

SHIIIIIIIII

[@ObeseChess]

Ha-h-ha-h-ha-ha, ha-h-h-h-ha-ha…

[@boxman139]

Haven't heard of this since Vargskelethor talked about it in one of his Windows Destruction streams. I think it was the Windows 7 one? I loved hearing his story about the kid that launched it on a school computer.

[@vi0let831]

*E* *X* *P* *A* *N* *D* *D* *O* *N* *G*

[@MelancholyZeitgeist]

Uncle fecal funny Jobel.

[@personalstuff3019]

Trashman, i eat gArBagE

[@tree561]

Yes I watched it and it was so fecal funny hahahaha

[@tastethepainbow]

And then I went home and ate chicken nuggets

[@Pixelcraftian]

I know I'm an idiot, I don't need a website to tell me! _"And you should always believe everything I say, because I know everything"_ is a highlight lol, amazing video :)

[@nationsquid]

Thank you so much for your support! More content to come! :)

[@NotKaito]

Dude second reply on _your_ comment, just 5 likes? 😹

[@NotKaito]

@@nationsquid Bro give one reply to me 😭😭😭 I have watched almost all your video

[@jeandacondrillon2698]

@@nationsquid There is So Many Errors That is More Vicious Than Your Are An Idiot Error Like _#BSOD__ Blue Screen Of Death_ -Or- *#BonziBuddy** A Microsoft Gorilla Virus*

[@nationsquid]

@@NotKaito Here's my reply. ;)

[@St0rmcloudy]

The virus: scary to unknowing people, and those that get their devices destroyed. The animation meme remix: absolute jam

[@smolstreem]

yeah

[@EmoplushRigmond]

True

[@cloudzz01105]

True guys!

[@Sadabilityhere]

Fr tho

[@Devulini]

Fr

[@Im.definitely.not.cool-]

I love how this virus doesn’t even seem threatening, it just mocks you for even downloading it. And I mean… are they wrong? It’s even more obvious that it doesn’t even wipe your hardrive or do anything actually threatening that will immediately shut down your computer. It just mocks you, they only make the computer unusable by use of blocking you from clicking anything.

[@goot1087]

An ad really just interrupted this guy talking about adult websites and desperate internet users by yelling the phrase “NERDS!”

[@Commrade-DOGE]

nerd wallet?

[@goot1087]

@@Commrade-DOGE that’s the one.

[@thefloatingg]

Nerds

[@emilyofjane]

Unintentional Nerd Wallet W

[@foxracing8973]

16:06 Growing up in this time and having myself or watching friends come across different viruses.....that sound of your computer locking up will always freak me out! I don't know why it did, but hearing it again after all these years brought those fears right back! Maybe it was from the "Oh shit I accidentally infected the computer and now my dad is going to kill me" realization lol

[@pileofmemes]

@Clexplosion that wasnt your ipad saying that it was definitely an ad pretending to be an ipad notification

[@6destroyer9boi99]

@Clexplosion yup, those aren’t sending you to virus blockers, they’re sending you to pages that will actually give you a virus

[@Skemati]

@Clexplosion It could be a virus disguising itself as a virus blocker. Many viruses disguise themselves as an anti virus.

[@ghostface6110]

@Clexplosion WELL THE VIRUS BLOCKER PROBALY WASNT A BLOCKER IT WAS PROBS JUST A ACTUAL VIRUS

[@Elffy-32]

@Clexplosion nah bro its a ad ive gotten lots of those asking to install their apps many else got those

[@sleepyashu]

Me: *reads the flashing light warning* "Oh okay cool." Me, 15 seconds later: "OH FUCK FLASHING LIGHTS-"

[@TroubleMuppet]

By Talos this can't be happening

[@dripsndropsin]

mark as unread in real life

[@KoolKidDal]

Literally same 😩

[@bobtheduck]

So, in other words...

[@sus-bn6uk]

LMAO

[@3yE_s0cK3tS]

0:55 OH GOD- ITS LIKE THE HYDRA-

[@MladenPostruznik]

My favorite from the '90s was Elvis Watcher. It would install, add a toolbar button that was like a small alert, and did nothing after. But, if Elvis Presley appeared in your 'hood it would alert you. At least, it was claimed.

[@lichypieruu9747]

virus: literally destroys thousands of computers animators: hey hey, let's use this sound to create a funny lil animation meme trend lol

[@i_tankr9217]

FACTS

[@NameNotFound147]

yep and i was vibing when i heard the original song (from here)

[@chad6461]

frrrr I saw the animations and was vibing in my room until this and now it creeps me the f outt

[@daniellepineda2496]

@@chad6461 me too X[

[@witherr]

damn they probably even made edgy cats bleed from their eyes to this song or something lul

[@ehkirkio]

This is such a blast from the past, I used to love pranking people with it at school. One of the best was a friend who had Neopets bookmarked on her PC in IT class and used to get away with going on it all the time because the teacher couldn't see her screen. That's until we went on there and changed the bookmark link. Absolutely creased.

[@Pepster874]

This post here officer

[@paprika8917]

what a villain lmao

[@veronicamelchor5386]

that was the start of your villain arc

[@Error-ck4jg]

that is evil af

[@EnyaRitchie]

Omg hello

[@Roblox_Max_Verstappen]

New fear unlocked: Not saving files before going to Google

[@noahissobored]

this scares me. the first part was so stressful- I know it’s harmless but if this happened to me I would’ve had an anxiety attack 😭

[@serene_2]

Same, that was really scary :(

[@ansun1987]

Same idk why it scared me so much

[@NeoIV]

Same

[@zedestiny5190]

i literally got an enxity attack like 😟

[@nyambura7698]

@@ansun1987 ikr? its literally so creepy to me.

[@Alexis-ul5wt]

I love your videos relating to viruses/malware. They're very interesting to watch and learn about! I hope you can make some more like this :))

[@nationsquid]

Thank you so much! More content to come! :)

[@somerandomdude7650]

@@nationsquid cool 🙂

[@toxicmrdiego1280]

@Falcon X probably, but if you get it seriously you can just reformat the whole computer

[@JeremySharpSMSG]

The legendary choir that recorded this 5 second clip of art is out there still, embracing the fact that they ARE one of the oldest internet memes ever

[@theeclipsemaster]

Thats epic

[@universereverbz]

I wonder how they feel about being a huge internet meme

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

That's awesome! They know they're part of internet history, and openly embrace it.

[@urbainleverrier1]

@Joseph same

[@Amanda-cd6dm]

Control-Alt-Delete all at the same time. Anything freezing up or won't close out will be forced closed. My favorite 3 keyboard buttons

[@lawierdwitch]

YouAreAnIdiot: *has a whole history and legend about itself * Me : *casually has this audio/remix of it in my playlist without even knowing it *

[@MochaChinoSingz]

LMFAO I LOVE THE SONG

[@kellabdjfoo]

Me too like I didn’t know it had such a history, damn

[@RobotronSage]

Unironically based tbh

[@vibe_swizzy]

Got the link?

[@MochaChinoSingz]

@@vibe_swizzy here ya go kzbin.info/www/bejne/npq1kpaaoZVlrZY

[@VancoVan53]

Fun Fact : That script from Flowey from Undertale which is "YOU ARE AN IDIOT" is kinda referenced with the same activation of the YouAreAnIdiot Trojan

[@V10ookk]

oh fr?

[@DDub04]

ong?

[@lordpuff]

Frfr ong?

[@mako_happy]

ong fr fr?

[@renzdeorodriguez7078]

Ong ong ong Fr?

[@snoobnoob9343]

Hearing about how it would multiply and multiply, even when you kept closing the windows, makes me think of it as a sort of modern day hydra? Which makes for a fun mental image at least lol

[@pattyryopotybuttongamer3063]

and after that you have to plug the red wire into the socket to make sure the engine boots at launch. Wrap the green wire around it's coil that sits directly beside the A button. After you put the back shell on, place the battery in the slot. Screw the Vr26 Jeeper back up and press the reset button. If everything worked according to plan you're device should show a thumbs up sprite. Plug the HDMI port into a monitor and wait three seconds. If it boots up on TV your in the good side. If it doesn't boot in less then 5 seconds quickly unplug. This can severely damage your TV and possibly start a fire

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Imagine that Hydra in the legend of Hercules. Imagine how obnoxious that would have been for the guy.

[@syweb2]

@@hisokaswaifu5343 They're talking about the mythological hydra, which would grow two more heads for every one that you destroy.

[@lqu]

that's why it has 3 heads

[@tiana4102]

in 2004 (when I was 10) an AOL kids chatroom moderator sent me this virus, because I was being an annoying little brat online. They also blocked our internet connection and my mum had to call up AOL, and they snitched on me😅I was so embarrassed.

[@1TheBlessedOne1]

For some reason, it scares me. The sound is weird and when more windows pop up, it jumpscares me. At least the creator taught them something.

[@kokomidearest4762]

I agree, I don’t know why, computer viruses scare me tho

[@R-R3DH34D-X_X]

100th like, friend! Also love your pfp

[@blueclouds315]

so scary, i feel like i'm going to get jumpscared at any second

[@favoritesceneschannel3653]

I agree. Those windows scare me due to that loud hearing

[@theexplosivesnatchers9969]

same bro, the song is just unsettling for me

[@TheGuzeinbuick]

Just discovered this channel. I love this kind of stuff. The late 90s, early 2000s was such fascinating time for the internet, not only because I was just a kid and it's nostalgic to me, but also because of how unregulated the online world was. It was like the Wild West. You never knew what you would find. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to your next video. :)

[@rayh6118]

I had a windows xp during the late and early 2000s on my dads old pc this channel bring some nostalgia

[@Royan356]

I remember falling for this virus back in the late 2000s - early 2010s when I was still a child, trying to pirate games as we couldn't really buy them or such. But, I think It was a different variant of it. It did have the same message, but if I'm correct, a Rick Roll showed up afterwards. Lesson learned.

[@Silksper]

Wahoo that’s just wow.

[@ansun1987]

Wow lol

[@HappyD-l1s]

This was my first NationSquid vid I watched and I never stopped watching it

[@BeaIsBi]

As kids, my sister and I watched a lot of KZbin and wanted to create content ourselves. We downloaded a software, tried making more than one video, but my sister deleted it because it was telling her to turn off virus protection. I’m glad my sister was smart and knew to delete the software.

[@elenapet6446]

I remember one of my friends telling me to visit it, and at first I was skeptical but they convinced me. After it started, I spent the next 30 minutes crying and hyperventilating because I thought I had gotten my moms computer hacked. I was like 4 or 5.

[@bajablastt.]

oh wow-

[@mikezam]

that’s rough

[@bee428]

Dude your friend is a monster

[@cactusskeet]

you were using a computer at age 4-5???

[@cyuinanotherlife]

@@cactusskeet I had a phone at 5 😭

[@Breban33]

“You really are an idiot” -Flowey the Flower

[@keterpatrol7527]

OMG!!!😳😳😳😳😱😱😱😱😱IS THAT A DELTATALE REFERENCE????????🤩🤩🤩🤩🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🥰🥰🥰🥰DELTATALE IS BEST GAEM!!!!!!😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎TOX FOBY BEST GAEM DEX!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😑😑😑😑😑I CANT WAIT TIL UNDERRUNE RELEASES!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kikiscosmos4781]

@@keterpatrol7527 First it’s undertale second it’s deltarune

[@keterpatrol7527]

@@kikiscosmos4781 r/wooooosh

[@DominikPac-Boy]

*omega form is basically a bunch of Windows XP windows*

[@not_ateral]

"Its funny how dumb you are!" -Bill Cipher -2014 I think.

[@Deandadee]

Oh my gosh! Memory unlocked. As a 2000s teen chat room user, they got me so many times. 😂😂😂

[@pipersgaming3516]

When he said “you really are an idiot” it gave me flowey vibes

[@Butterfingers3]

same

[@_secret_]

"Howdy! I'm Flowey, Flowey the flower" :D

[@basicmonstermaniaowner3276]

yes

[@jperson4444]

Flower:I'ma make pepole cry and delete their files with a virus.

[@mmmmmirage305]

I heard that Toby fox based his voice off of it in other KZbin comments, I haven’t checked though

[@browniex5120]

- Timestamps - 00:00 Introduction 03:34 The Speculations Of The Origins Of The Virus 04:55 The Earliest Form Of The Program And Adult Websites 05:57 The Underlying And Early Discussion Of The Virus' Existence 06:37 The Introduction Of Trojan Horses 07:16 The Use Of JavaScript And The Adobe Flash Player 07:58 What The "Virus" Did To Its Victims 08:58 The Word Going Around: A Warning Or A Dare | Rumors And Conjecture 09:49 The Potential Of Lost Data And The Virus' Startup 10:30 Comparing The Virus' Damage To Other Operating Systems 11:32 Using The Virus As A Prank And Its Humorous Respect 13:26 The Demonstration Of The Virus | Windows 2000 And Windows XP

[@LokiAndKirby]

Ok

[@robertgough161]

Ok

[@Finn_Thefavorite]

Ok

[@Hcbyte]

9:53 The reason why we didn't get Half-Life 3 sooner

[@BattiestGrrl]

Hahahahahahahaahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

[@nuke_monke]

"you REALLY are an idiot" *Flowey liked that*

[@tweer64]

Reminds me of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbamop6op2cmac

[@x5-x417]

Imagen instead of closing the game after dafeating asgore it would also open this up but with a flowey sprite.

[@ricekreme1515]

finally a reference that i understand

[@CaptJCB_]

yes also nice pfp

[@nuke_monke]

@@CaptJCB_ lol

[@informalnarwhals]

16:06 something about audio freezing is more terrifying to me than the loud off-rhythm choir bullying me LOL

[@gigaboom_9618]

I cant imagine how freaked out i would be if something like this wouldve happened to me when i was younger.

[@AmandaDixson]

I remember the internet being full of these kinds of viruses, and you had to basically firewall everything. This was the time that the internet was in its rawest form before regulation set in. I spent my entire adolescence and preteens on the infancy of the internet we know now. Kids today literally havent got the slightest clue.

[@beanie6983]

@yippee yip and are you a bratty little 10 year old? 💀

[@spongebobsquarepants8403]

The internet still has plenty of viruses and malware like this even now. It's just that your browser will tell you it might be malware. And people nowadays don't just click random links anymore.

[@xtr1plexx]

I remember having at least three virus protectors, in addition to some other firewalls. It was the wild west, but damn, was it fun.

[@calliecalamity8787]

"kids thesw days literally don't know" Okay, yeah so? You gotta trumpet the fact you had it harder?

[@permanent6583]

@MariaDreamed 这很酷 :3 stfu

[@StriderStryker]

NationSquad: *DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME.* Virtual Machine: _Allow me to introduce myself._

[@thermaltools]

Virtual machine..?

[@WinterNox]

@@thermaltools Virtual machine is basically a computer inside a computer, if you know how you can simulate mobile emulators in computer, just like that you can run a virtual machine to have a computer inside a computer, it's mostly used to test viruses

[@atomguy15]

@@thermaltools a computer inside a computer

[@zil_randomly]

@@thermaltools basically a virtual/digital computer inside a computer

[@blocksource4192]

dude I swear people who aren't in the IT field and use virtual machines as a word to defeat any virus is funny as hell... they act like there aren't ways to infect your host machine from VMs as well

[@daniellecruz3311]

I like that he never forgotten to remain calm despite how annoying that Trojan virus is.

[@mrdevolver7999]

I remember being on a phone with one girl long years ago. She was very mean, but I loved her and as I was calling with her, I suddenly heard this sound "You are an idiot" coming probably from the speakers connected to her computer. At first I was confused, then I thought it was her way of telling me what she thinks of me. I never really knew that sound was a sound of a virus and now that I know it, it all kinda starts to make sense. I guess it was karma.

[@dyystr]

It's nice to know people are still making videos about past traumatic events in the beginning of the internet. Makes it feel more relatable to me

[@loonabest825]

„Traumatic“ ?idk lol I wasn’t alive in 2002

[@kip258]

This website is still up as an archived website, but it's just the animation and sound nowadays. Better not go visit it just in case though :p Edit: oops he says this at the end of the video.

[@unkown2343]

i went to it now im scared

[@thatisaduck]

@@unkown2343 why

[@jbbajangamer]

take a wild guess as to why Unknown would say that. Not like it’s obvious or anything

[@SNAPREX]

going to the og site still has the script to do its gag, browsers just block the popups

[@zswu31416]

I got one pop up and it actually bounced around the screen I was so scared

[@nathanandsamuelofficial9372]

"Sir.. we got a virus from our computer" "THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO.."

[@sky-sx5gt]

If I had this on my pc when I was little I would probably cry and panic because I'm sensitive to loud sounds. I clicked on this because it looked interesting

[@athol9846]

Sameeee I would prob run away from the computer skdjddj

[@purrpletiger2159]

Nice furby profile pic c:

[@sky-sx5gt]

@@purrpletiger2159 thank you

[@reddiamondcat3391]

I have spd because of my autism so 😖

[@polpotube]

So called "screamer" websites/programs of the turn of the millennium taught me to lower the volume and make the window very small before doing anything I don't know the outcome of. THE HARD WAY.

[@inieie1397]

I did that to my old school bully, she cried and i was quietly laughing and the teacher got super mad! I am happy. That is what made her stop. : )

[@tysonruiz1382]

Oh yeah this is big brain time

[@motherfortress2]

How tf did you not get in trouble?

[@t-pos]

A.. _she..?_

[@livmoved]

@@t-pos Are bullies not allowed to be girls? Oh yeah, they're not allowed to be non-binary or genderfluid or any gender other than boys, right? (This is clearly sarcasm and a joke, I'm completely supportive of LGBTQ+, don't attack me.)

[@t-pos]

@@livmoved yes ik but its just so rare for me to encounter girl bullies lol

[@mariobaic6180]

Fun fact- there is a variation of this trojan, that features pictures from lemon party.... And now imagine how much chaos that caused when one of my friends in school decided to load the lemon party version, on a school pc, during a class.... Funnily enough this lemon party version also had a feature where it said "its useless" and then counted down from 10 to 0 every time you try to close it, and on 0 it just shuts down the pc.

[@skandababy]

fun fact- my dog digs up catshit and eats it

[@skandababy]

@idk Stop trying to speak for other people you ego-maniac

[@PrincessOfFriendship]

Windows XP: Looks like im the one who can stop this virus! Suck on that Windows 2000! Windows 2000: Unfair :(

[@Stungunwol]

The reason it didn't work on 2000 was probably because it got as bad as it did before you took action. Had you spawned as many windows in XP as were in the 2000 example, I bet it would've struggled as well. You basically nipped it in the bud early on there. Also didn't know you could multi select programs in task manager for mass close.

[@YurlynPlays]

I mean, I don't think W2000 had group shutdowns in its taskmanager 😅

[@Stungunwol]

@@YurlynPlays yeah, but I'd used both 2k and XP at one point. Though if you kill the process instead of ending task...

[@fluffcake]

I remember getting nightmares about this when i was a kid. Good times.

[@PancakeTheKat]

Same

[@thekingofdoms]

“good times” WTF?

[@anonymouscat3772]

To be fair it sounds f’in S C A R Y

[@rhyanisyes4512]

@@thekingofdoms they're being sarcastic, they don't actually mean they had a good time

[@AriPlayz08]

Same but that is right now and I haven’t had any nightmares yet but I think about it before bed…

[@SonOfGoth]

Kinda glad i found this. I remember seeing this on our home computer when i was around 6 years old. I distinctly remembered the sound, but wondered if i just imagined it, so it's nice in terms of memory validation. What i don't remember is the multiplication of the windows. I remember getting rid of it, or rather my mother getting rid of it, without forcibly shutting down the computer, it's possible that we had gotten a friendlier version of it that wasn't intended to cause actual harm. Ofc, i was 6-ish at the time, so i just kinda thought it was funny and memorized the audio. Just kind of a wierd memory now.

[@Omaha18]

I remember it being a .wav sound bite on a Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory server i once played on.. Got stuck in my head since so many people kept spamming it to annoy the server lmao... 2006 was wild!

[@niklosweber5759]

I’m sure my plant friend would love this!

[@SunflowersunneyDAY]

F L o w e y

[@_.LazyBONES._189]

"Howdy! I'm Flowey. Flowey the flower!"

[@GreshOfficialYT]

love how this video is structured and the facts. i like how you even point out that something may be speculation instead of taking one side and claiming it’s a fact. respect

[@mackennnna1234]

what is this? the mandatory compliments you have to give after someone presents in school?

[@Teakettlez]

@@mackennnna1234 i- 💀

[@robertduryee4598]

"You can barely move the mouse its so slow" School computers: first time?

[@abiagilhobbsenjoyer]

I rememberwhen I was a really little kid, I found the website on accident, and ended up going back onto it cause I thought it was funny. I'd do it over and over and just didn't mind turning it off and back over and over again.

[@Realdeadchannelrealreal]

Your past self needs therapy Edit: geez how did this get 102 Likes

[@tygecafe9070]

the truest form of a fvcking devil.

[@tysonruiz1382]

I would do that because of the music

[@Gf0rC3-jw4ul]

Me too

[@flormorejon4371]

e

[@kristinepfs]

I am truly grateful that we had Macs in the 2000s.

[@nannikira]

Can't believe that they made a prank virus that caused thousands(hundreds maybe) of people to panic into a catchy song lmao

[@Ellie-bj2uw]

I remember that once a friend tricked me into searching that site up and my computer was almost destroyed, I was literally in tears crying because I didn't know what to do. I was genuinely scared cause I thought it would destroy my computer and it was my first one, and it was expensive and I knew that my parents wouldn't ever buy me another one and they would also be in general upset, y'know.

[@sweetvanillagf]

It scared me so bad in the beginning, it was echoing and it was SO loud. It was late at night and I was covering my ears and closing my eyes

[@theexplosivesnatchers9969]

oof bro

[@twiggystone7815]

That little song will never leave my brain, now.

[@nyxlumiere8327]

thank you for providing the flashing light warning. it helped me so that I knew to turn on my lights so the contrast wouldn’t cause a seizure. I really appreciate that because I enjoy your content.

[@mayita_1234]

16:02 THAT GLITCH AT THE END IS ACTUALLY HORRIFYING TO HEAR

[@Jiirah]

That moment when you are in your early thirties and you remember when this webpage first came into existence, and it was used primarily as a teaching tool in 6th grade computer courses about viruses. Back then it was just a funny gag that went away after you forced the computer to shut down.

[@Katie-hj5eb]

This is the version someone sent me in a chat room in the early 2000s it was a pretty good lesson on not clicking links and luckily was gone after a reset.

[@W4ntedGaming]

"You're computer is using resources it can barely at a functional speed" So is this a benchmark and i should benchmark