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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>https://www.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>https://web.archive.org/web/20100829065252/http://amiga-fish.erkan.se/amiga-fish-disk-448-content-NightMare/</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 user executed the code "Nightmare" in the Amiga [[wikipedia:Disk_operating_system|Disk Operating System]] (DOS), the screen would quickly display a digital illustration of a skull facing right with its jaws open, its teeth covered in blood, and a bleeding fracture in its side, accompanied by a resonant shriek. The screamer would reappear every five minutes.
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>https://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.
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''': youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM
*'''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!)
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Revision as of 14:37, 13 June 2023

NightMare was a screamer program developed in 1990 by Patrick Evans, which was distributed on Amiga Fish Disk 448.[1] The program's creator made it free to redistribute, and its source code was made publicly available.[2] It is generally credited to be the first software of its kind.[3]

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.[4] A similar program called McDonalds.exe was developed in China in 1999 to disrupt newer operating systems like Windows 98, followed by more types of scareware applications which emerged in the 2000s and 2010s.

References

  1. amiga-stuff.com/pd/fish.html/
  2. web.archive.org/web/20100829065252/http://amiga-fish.erkan.se/amiga-fish-disk-448-content-NightMare/
  3. easyrider.easyrider.com/scareware_white_paper.htm
  4. popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a27437/amiga-2017-a1222-tabor

Links

NOTE: The following download link contains a screamer application!

  • ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha
  • Showcase video: youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM

External links

  • Article on Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/NightMare_(scareware) (NOTE: The following link contains the screamer image!)
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