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Inside the 'ILOVEYOU' worm
News The ILOVEYOU worm struck hundreds of thousands of computers in Asia, Europe and the United States as workers clicked on an email attachment called LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs. Smith, the programmer who helped nab the author of the 1999 Melissa...
[May 5, 2000, 8:35]
New variant of 'ILOVEYOU' worm
News Take me to the World's most lethal virus: ILOVEYOU roundup An unknown copycat has created a new worm virus that may continue to spread by changing the name of the attached .vbs file to "Very Funny.vbs" and the subject of the email to "joke.
[May 5, 2000, 9:07]
MS not planning ILOVEYOU Worm response
News Microsoft said it has no plans to issue a patch or security warning to its customers on the "ILOVEYOU" worm. Go to the TalkBack forums to say your piece and read others thoughts and brushes with the ILOVEYOU virus.
[May 4, 2000, 18:13]
ISP confirms bug's Filipino connection
News Sky Internet, the Quezon City, Philippines, Internet service provider that inadvertently hosted some of the "ILOVEYOU" worm code, said late Thursday that the company has tracked the bug to another hosting service, but its efforts have apparently...
[May 5, 2000, 10:49]
A Year Ago: ILOVEYOU reports keep coming in
News The ILOVEYOU worm has infected countless European corporations, upto 10 percent of UK computers and is playing havoc with the government's communications. Even the NHS, with its strict controls on how email is used by staff, has reported that...
[May 4, 2001, 6:15]
Heard the one about the Stages worm?
News Six weeks after the ILOVEYOU worm hit companies and computer users worldwide, a new worm using the same old tactics invaded several large corporations on Monday. Despite the Melissa virus attack 15 months ago -- and another rude reminder just six...
[June 20, 2000, 8:35]
NewLove: What went right?
News Dire warnings fell flat on Friday when the "NewLove" worm -- loosely based on the "ILOVEYOU" worm that spread like wildfire at the beginning of May -- failed to infect a significant number of computers and seemed to be under control.
[May 22, 2000, 8:46]
Time to catch the virus copycats
News Heeding that call, the creators of more than 30 variants of the ILOVEYOU worm plagiarised and modified the original worm to create -- sometimes slightly different and sometimes very different -- versions of the original worm.
[May 22, 2000, 9:50]
ILOVEYOU reports keep coming in
News The ILOVEYOU worm has infected countless European corporations, upto 10 percent of UK computers and is playing havoc with the government's communications. Anti-virus firm Sophos, describes ILOVEYOU as the fastest spreading worm since the Melissa...
[May 4, 2000, 11:28]
Worm alert! LOVELETTER gets nastier
News Security software maker Symantec warned computer users and businesses of a new, destructive worm -- apparently based on ILOVEYOU -- that had hit three Israeli and European clients by Thursday night. Click here for Protection against the dangerous...
[May 19, 2000, 8:33]
Worm hits Europe's mobile phones
News The ILoveYou worm sent text message from those victims who had email to GSM addresses in their address book. In the light of this years Denial of Service attacks and the ILOVEYOU virus John Dvorak worries that we ain't seen nothin' yet.
[June 6, 2000, 14:03]
Have you got a bug in your ear?
News The firms doubted that the Timofonica worm -- which operates in a manner similar to that of the recent 'ILOVEYOU' worm -- would spread far. Timofonica operates in much the same way as the ILOVEYOU worm.
[June 7, 2000, 8:54]
LoveBug suspect charged
News The ILoveYou worm caused havoc on computer systems around the world when it was unleashed on May 4. Go to ZDNet's ILOVEYOU Special Report A man thought to be behind the LoveBug worm has been charged with credit card fraud by the Philippine National...
[June 30, 2000, 15:35]
On the trail of the ILOVEYOU author
News The evidence being followed by the investigators most likely revolve around six pieces of information included in the ILOVEYOU worm and its downloadable component -- the password-sniffing Trojan, WIN-BUGSFIX.exe: the apparent alias of the writer...
[May 8, 2000, 8:34]
MS issues Outlook security patch
News In the ILOVEYOU incident, the original worm -- contained in an email -- used a bit of wordplay to convince the reader to click on a Visual Basic Script attachment labeled "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs".
[June 9, 2000, 8:28]
VBS worm targets Gnutella users
News Because users have to actively search for the files -- rather than have an infected file delivered to it as in the "ILOVEYOU" worm -- the rate of infection will be low and the worm should not spread widely.
[June 5, 2000, 8:49]
Phoney Symantec warning and 'Important!' virus variants
News The subject line of the e-mail reads ILOVEYOU, with the attachment titled LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.VBS. Go to ZDNet's ILOVEYOU Special Report Also as a quick solution Symantec Corp.offers Visual Basic Script to protect your PC against this worm.
[May 10, 2000, 8:42]
'Love Bug' comes in 13 variants
News It seems that most of the world is still reeling from the shock of the cutely and seductively named ILOVEYOU virus. Go to ZDNet's ILOVEYOU Special Report There are now 13 variants of the worm, dubbed the love bug, including a new hate email, which...
[May 8, 2000, 10:19]
Virus writer says 'I love you' again
News Antivirus experts unearthed a mass-mailing worm on Tuesday, dubbed Assiral, that mimics the Love Bug virus which became famous for luring people into opening an email entitled "ILOVEYOU". Five years after the world fell victim to the ILOVEYOU email...
[February 22, 2005, 10:35]
Search for ILOVEYOU author hits deadend
News Philippines-based Internet provider Access Net has turned over all information regarding the owner of an email account contained in the ILOVEYOU worm to a joint task force of Philippines law enforcement officers and US embassy officials, a company...
[May 5, 2000, 13:07]
