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Zohra virus (1999).
On April 14th the viruses display the message:

Zohra will live forever ! Necromancy with her…

They also contain the text:

[Zohra] virus by Wintermute/29A, dedicated to the best Necromancer of the Forgotten Realms,… I assure you will live forever, my love… ;)

Redcode (1998)
On January 1st the virus displays the messages, runs a video effect and halts the computer:

Viral RedCode Implant Today’s contest between Big Butt Gasso and Himmler Fewster BIIIIIIG BUTT GASSSOOOO… WINSSSSS !!! FEWSTER BANSSSSS GASSSSOOOOOOOO !!!

The virus also contains the text strings:

The RedCode virus by Wintermute/29A; yeah, not a kickass at all, but with a funny payload, don’t you agree ? Watch the payload !

Virus.DOS.Radio.2076 (1997) Depending on its counter (approx. in 6 minutes after activation) the virus displays a message in Russian. On Alt-Ctrl-Del the virus displays the picture:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BERZIN FANS CLUB PRESENT
XX     XX XX   XX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
XXX   XXX XX   XX XX  XX     XX XX   XX
XX X X XX XX  XXX XX  XX  XXXXX XX   XX
XX  X  XX XX X XX XXXXXX     XX XXXXXXX
XX     XX XXX  XX XX         XX XX   XX
XX     XX XX   XX XX     XXXXXX XX   XX
TEL:(095)434-00-00 OR 03
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Bones (1997) is a DOS trojan which shows a skull. It goes away when the computer is restarted.

Stoned is the name of a boot sector computer virus created in 1987. When an infected computer started, there was a one in eight probability that the screen would declare:

Your PC is now Stoned!

Tequila is an advanced multipartite virus from 1991. It is notable for its armoring techniques, particularly in the area of decryption.

Welcome to T.TEQUILA’s latest production.
Contact T.TEQUILA/P.o.Box 543/6312 St’hausen/Switzerland. Loving thoughts to L.I.N.D.A
BEER and TEQUILA forever !

The SCA virus is the first computer virus created for the Commodore Amiga and one of the first to gain public notoriety. It appeared in November 1987. The SCA virus is a boot sector virus. It features a line of text that appears at every 15th copy after a warm reboot:

Something wonderful has happened Your AMIGA is alive !!! and, even better… Some of your disks are infected by a VIRUS !!! Another masterpiece of The Mega-Mighty SCA !!

Cascade (1987) is an early virus with the interesting payload of causing characters to fall to the bottom of the screen.

The Walker virus (1998) causes an old man, which happens to be a sprite ripped out of the game Bad Street Brawler, to walk across the screen at regular intervals, interrupting any work being done on the PC.

Elk Cloner (1982) was written by a 15 year old high school student called Rich Skrenta as a practical joke. The virus was developed for the Apple II system and was a boot sector virus that spread via floppy discs (mostly through pirated games).