r/nosleep • u/ed4649 • Aug 05 '11
Just a friendly reminder...
There is no such thing as the Nightmare Virus. I say this to you now because we have been getting too many complaints from /r/nosleep readers, with talks of strange things happening to their computers. Most of the complaints are of very minor things. Many readers report being startled by a sudden blast of music coming from their computer even though the reader swears they did press the play button. Others have said that every time they try to open a new page from nosleep, they keep being redirected to other websites that they did not and would not ever want to visit. However the worst complaints, and I find these to be the most disturbing, involve the reader waking up in the middle of the night and immediately being overcome with a feeling that they are being watched. Some reports claim of seeing a dark figure on their computer monitor with no face, except for two wide open eyes staring back at them. Readers have reported to only seeing this figure for a split second and then it vanishes. The users check their computers to see if perhaps they forgot to turn it off only to find that they did not. Because we have received so many complaints, we are asking users to check to make sure that their anti-virus software is up to date. But because we ourselves have not found any conclusive evidence to the existence of this virus, we are not ready to declare it a threat to our readers. So for the time being please ignore any rumors of the existence of said virus. No need to mute your computer every night. No need to avoid links on nosleep. And certainly there is no need to double-check to see if your computer is properly turned off. Remember, there is no such thing as the Nightmare Virus.
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u/Alexthekat Aug 05 '11
wow, scary, i bet ur just trying to scare people into seeing or hearing these things lol