Can DOS viruses ruin modern PCs? Yes.

Nostalgia Nerd took it upon himself to ask and answer this question by running 6,000 DOS viruses on a new Windows 10 PC. Using archive.org’s Malware Museum and VX Heaven, NN picked up some of the most infamous viruses known to DOS and ran them all individually and then altogether.

It’s a wild ride and not something you should necessarily try on any computer, testing or otherwise; it’s called malicious software for a reason.

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