The Audio Virus

The Audio Virus is anti-personnel program. Okay, you folks have heard of that obnoxious anti-personnel program Spider Murphy reported in the 'Netguide, which simulated a nasty smell that made the unwary 'punk vomit. But that's old news ... The newest fad on the Internet is the Audio Virus. If it overcomes a 'deck's defenses, it will play a sound or tune to the affected runner-at something above 180 decibels! The most nasty thing to hurt your victim with would be random noises, but the NetWatchers can tell you that bad music is very effective, too. Just plug in those leftover 20th-century tapes of Julio Iglesias or Take That and see your enemies run!
The standard Audio Virus (actually a pretty normal Anti-Personnel program) has a writing Difficulty of 32. Its icon is, of course, a stereo system. Roll a normal anti-personnel program attack. If you succeed, the target loses 1 D 10 REF temporarily, and is at -2 INT until he kills the program. If the runner's REF is reduced to 1 or less, he must immediately jack out of the Net. The referee may give additional stat penalties for sounds and/or music that would be exceptionally disturbing/annoying to the victim. A hip techno-netjunkie might be particularly vulnerable to Beethoven, while that hardliner Kerry Eurodyne fan might react allergically to a Beatles song-even Arasaka is said to really hate Silverhand.
== Source ==
* Chromebook Volume 4, pg.50
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