Barney Error

The Origin
This meme originated in 2004 when a Carwardine Forums c/Barney user called "BaloneyTheDragon" (later known for being a moderator of the spinoff subforum c/BabyBopQuotes and for c/Redwall) posted a post that had an image saying "Chris Carwardine has received a Barney error, a bomb that lasts 72 hours will occur, do not turn off your computer, thank you." After that post, several other posts began circulating, with BaloneyTheDragon making an official Barney Error flash game that came out on September 1st.

Barney Error (9/1/2004)

 * Timer: 72 hours (On "Game Mode" it clocks down within 7 minutes)
 * Chances: 6
 * Jumpscares: 0

Status

 * Beta Version (August 2004, Only Released to Moderators of c/Barney) - Only low quality VHS footage has been found, owned by "The Carwardine Forum Archiver" given by a now-deceased c/Barney moderator "PBSKidsRuler" in 2012 when he retired from moderator position due to diseases, the low quality VHS footage is 10 minutes long and is on "Game Mode", which shows several differences, including a non-animated BSOD versus the final's animated one, a jumpscare by putting the incorrect password that was cut out due to memory limitations of Carwardine's SWF files at the time (which were later expanded in October 2004, in time for the sequel), and tons of glitches.
 * V1.0 (September 1, 2004) - Full game can be easily downloaded on Flash, with an HTML5 version released by "Flash2HTML_User" in 2019.

Barney Error 2 (12/2/2004)

 * Timer: 64 hours (On "Game Mode" it clocks down within 6 minutes)
 * Chances: 7
 * Jumpscares: 1 (when you enter the incorrect password)

Barney Error 3 (3/3/2005)

 * Timer: 65 hours (On "Game Mode" it clocks down within 8 minutes)
 * Chances: 10
 * Jumpscares: 2 (one when you enter the incorrect password and again when you restart your computer)

Barney Error 4 (4/2/2005)

 * Timer: 86 hours (On "Game Mode" it clocks down within 10 minutes)
 * Chances: 12
 * Jumpscares: 4 (incorrect password, run out of chances, doing the Konami Code and when you click on Barney)

Barney Error 5 (5/10/2005)

 * Timer: 100 hours