Computer viruses
[Virus] 16 November, 2004
Date: 2004
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0006341
Description: Shows a virus infected computer. Green slime is oozing out of the computer. The screen is black and shows scary yellow eyes. Refers to computer viruses. Published in The Press, 16 November 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "archive2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.
"Some GOOD news today - we've got the WDHB computer virus under control." 21 December 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0013384
Description: The cartoon shows a patient lying in a hospital bed being told that the good news is that the WDHB comuter virus is under control. Refers to the news that the Waikato District Health Board was crippled by a computer worm which has seen every PC in the organisation shut down. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Medieval can be good. An Israeli computer virus has wrecked our uranium centrifuges, b...
Date: 2011
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0016912
Description: Text reads 'Iran hanging people at rate of one every 8 hours since Iran new year - News'. President Ahmadinejad of Iran says 'Medieval can be good. An Israeli computor virus has wrecked our uranium centrifuges, but let's see them wreck these...' Context; on 17th January the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said 47 prisoners, or an average of about one person every eight hours, have been put to death since the beginning of the new year. The other aspect of the cartoon relates to the Stuxnet malware that hit Iran's nuclear facility. Stuxnet may indeed have been designed specifically to target Iran's nuclear program. (Guardian 17 January 2011). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"People wouldn't get caught out by these bank phishing scams if more of them were like ...
Date: 2006
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0001713
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician tells his colleagues that people wouldn't get caught in bank phishing scams if they were more like him. One colleague asks him if he keeps his antivirus up to date, another suggests sardonically that it is because the Minister doesn't actually know how to open his email. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
New computer worm attacks microsoft software. "It's worse than I thought." 14 August, 2...
Date: 2006
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0001833
Description: A small boy stares aghast at his computer as a huge worm crashes through the screen and winds itself round the computer. His mother stands beside him horrified. Refers to computer viruses. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Dot virus. 27 March 2014
Date: 2014
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0027719
Description: Cartoon shows a man fleeing "another big virus" which is Internet Billionaire Kim Dotcom climbing out of his computer monitor screen. Refers to Dotcom launching his political party, the Internet Party, in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Antivirus. 2 September 2014
Date: 2014
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand doctor (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0029436
Description: Depicts a woman asking Doctor Hal if their computer is secure. He assures her he's "nailed the server down", but she wants to know why his "password is still 1234..". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).