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'''NightMare''' was a [[screamer]] [[program]] developed in 1990 by Patrick Evans, which was distributed on [[wikipedia:Amiga|Amiga]] Fish Disk 448.<ref> | '''NightMare''' was a [[screamer]] [[program]] developed in 1990 by Patrick Evans, which was distributed on [[wikipedia:Amiga|Amiga]] Fish Disk 448.<ref>amiga-stuff.com/pd/fish.html/</ref> The program's creator made it free to redistribute, and its source code was made publicly available.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20100829065252/<nowiki>http://amiga-fish.erkan.se/amiga-fish-disk-448-content-NightMare/</nowiki></ref> It is generally credited to be the first software of its kind.<ref>easyrider.easyrider.com/scareware_white_paper.htm</ref> | ||
When the | When the program is executed, it runs in the background. Every five minutes, the screen would display a digital illustration of a skull facing right with its jaws open, its teeth covered in blood, and a bleeding bullet hole in its side, accompanied by a echoing shriek. | ||
Very little information is available regarding this program, due to how old it is and Amiga discontinuing their line of hardware in 1996.<ref> | Very little information is available regarding this program, due to how old it is, and Amiga discontinuing their line of hardware in 1996.<ref>popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a27437/amiga-2017-a1222-tabor</ref> A similar program called [[McDonalds.exe]] was developed in China in 1999 to disrupt newer operating systems like [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]], followed by more types of scareware applications which emerged in the 2000s and 2010s. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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<u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>The following download link contains a [[screamer]] application! | <u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>The following download link contains a [[screamer]] application! | ||
*ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha | *ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha | ||
*'''Showcase video''' | *'''Showcase video:''' youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM | ||
===External links=== | |||
*'''Article on Wikipedia:''' wikipedia.org/wiki/NightMare_(scareware) (<u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>The following link contains the screamer image!) | |||
{{Maliciousnav}} | {{Maliciousnav}} | ||
{{RetroScreamers}} | {{RetroScreamers}} | ||
