Barney Error - Before The Finale

Sometime during 1997, an official Barney computer virus named "Barney Error" (alternatively Virus.Win9x.Barn) was created by some unknown developers who were supposedly hired by Sheryl Leach, designed for children as a 'parental control test'. How it was able to spread to other computers is still unknown.

The virus payload would activate a few minutes after it appears on a computer's hard drive, closing all open programs and making the user wait five minutes, giving them six chances to refrain from closing the program. If the timer goes down to zero, the program would close by itself. Each time the program is closed, the timer would increase. If closed six times, the program would scare the user, then delete every file on the hard disk, leaving the computer unable to boot.

This video is the only known recording of the Barney Error computer virus in action. It was recorded on June 28th, 1997 at 6:07 PM. The person who recorded this video is unknown, but the contents of the video show the destructive nature of the virus. Viewer discretion is advised.





...you're still here? Well, I guess an out-of-character paragraph is in order. I made this video to showcase how I think Barney Errors would actually go if they existed, back in the day or otherwise. This is the first concept I have of a Barney Error that somehow makes sense, with the second one to be revealed in Barney Error 150. I was inspired by stuff like Greenio's Super Mario 64 tapes (   • 09.02.97  ) and CAG's Early Barney Error (   • Rare Footage of Early Barney Error (1...  ) to make this video. It was made to look and sound like it's running on a Windows 95 computer. Mostly everything has been done in Paint.NET, DaVinci Resolve 16 and Game Maker 8. I hope you enjoy this video! I'm gonna take a break for two weeks, and then I'm gonna get to work on Barney Error 150.

Credit to:
Gojira2012 for the Godzilla Roar
WesleyTRV for the sound effect used when the window opens back up (it's just been sped up by 20%)
CAG for inspiring this video to see the light of day