A trip to the Malware Museum: computer viruses as animations, taunts and art

Viral attacks in the 1980s and 90s were often gaudy, psychedelic and provocative - and now they can be experienced without destroying your PC

They may have crippled computers and cost billions, but the computer viruses unleashed in the 1980s and 1990s could be provocative works of art, too. Rather than the silent-but-deadly viral attacks of today, the attention-seeking malware of yesteryear featured animations, taunts and even games that would flash up on your computer screen as the virus took hold.