Rickie's antivirus deletes his employer in DarkViperAU's GTA discovery

A tiny joke in the Friend Request mission accompanies a return to the original PS3 game and a busy fifteen-upload week.

Channel: DarkViperAU Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Rickie's Viruses Are Crazy #gta5 #gtav #gtaonline

Lifeinvader has made it onto its own employee's virus list. In "Rickie's Viruses Are Crazy #gta5 #gtav #gtaonline", DarkViperAU examines the antivirus scan on Rickie Lukens' computer during GTA V's Friend Request mission. Among the suspicious files it removes is Lifeinvader.exe. Corporate housekeeping, with an unusually pointed punchline.

Made in collaboration with starlightof, the Short was the week's most-watched new upload, reaching roughly 412,000 views. DarkViperAU connects the deletion to Rickie's later dismissal, illustrating the joke with a modded rooftop clip rather than an actual mission event. In the comments, viewers pick over the replacement pop-up images, ask about possible Resident Evil references and single out the editing.

That microscopic attention to Los Santos shares the week with a much broader rewind. "PS3 GTA 5 Was NOT What I Expected - Part 1" returns to the original console version, testing familiar knowledge against older lighting, physics, controls and speedrun strategies. It is the channel's busiest regular video right now, while the Rickie Short and "Crystal Maze Had Many Different Versions #gta5 #gtav #gtaonline" carry the strongest Shorts momentum.

The forward-looking side gets an outing too: "Rockstar Is Sending GTA 6 to Reviewers Earlier Than Ever" examines review-copy timing, marketing and ratings. Across the channel, daily views are well above their usual level, and subscribers grew over the week. Among nearby gaming channels, mau and Willjum also have elevated daily viewing, while TenZ is close to its usual pace. DarkViperAU's distinctive contribution remains the close inspection: even an antivirus dialog has something left to give.

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The videos drawing views on DarkViperAU right now

Rockstar Is Sending GTA 6 to Reviewers Earlier Than Ever256,465 views · 2026-10-19 Crystal Maze Had Many Different Versions #gta5 #gtav #gtaonline218,547 views · 2026-10-19 You've Never Seen This Hidden Detail #gta5 #gtav #gtaonline182,725 views · 2026-10-19 PS3 GTA 5 Was NOT What I Expected - Part 1164,395 views · 2026-10-19 Surprising Attention To Detail! #gta5 #gtav #gtaonline151,732 views · 2026-10-18

The numbers

Here is how DarkViperAU's uploads and audience moved over the past week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

DarkViperAU

39,035,325

TGG

7,047,330

TenZ

4,432,471

Willjum

2,070,203

MrDalekJD

1,831,129

mau

1,587,300

Blooprint

671,461

Welyn

286,768

Scump

161,478

subscribers

2,330,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

3,605,472,761

views per day

8,724,499

typical day: 5,084,532

first-day views of each video posted this week

Rickie's Viruses Are Crazy #gta5 #gtav …

373,147

Rockstar Is Sending GTA 6 to Reviewers …

227,827

Surprising Attention To Detail! #gta5 #…

132,738

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Welyn

2,910,000

MrDalekJD

2,880,000

Scump

2,850,000

TenZ

2,840,000

Blooprint

2,510,000

DarkViperAU

2,330,000

mau

2,280,000

TGG

2,280,000

Willjum

2,010,000

As of October 20, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.