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A Year Ago: ILOVEYOU reports keep coming in
News Even the NHS, with its strict controls on how email is used by staff, has reported that several departments have been hit by the ILOVEYOU worm. The ILOVEYOU worm has infected countless European corporations, upto 10 percent of UK computers and is...
[May 4, 2001, 6:15]
Virus Alert: ILOVEYOU Virus hits Europe
News According to these early reports from ZDNet readers, the virus is contained within an email headed: ILOVEYOU, and is contained within an attachment called. Software protecting against ILOVEYOU is available here.
[May 4, 2000, 10:20]
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, 2000, 11:28]
'ILOVEYOU' comes to America
News Several users across America have reported the Melissa-like virus referred to as "ILOVEYOU", which apparently started in Asia, has attacked their PCs. Software protecting against ILOVEYOU is available here.
[May 4, 2000, 13:35]
ILOVEYOU suspect says it was an accident... Maybe
News The Filipino student linked with the creation of the ILOVEYOU virus says he may have released it into the wild by accident, according to press reports Thursday. Chris Long is taking no prisoners with this one, he accuses users who got the ILOVEYOU...
[May 11, 2000, 10:02]
'ILOVEYOU' virus fix available
News Internet security company Network Associates has released a patch to its VirusScan software for protecting PCs from the quickly-spreading "ILOVEYOU" virus. Tony Westbrook explains how within a day the whole world had got its guard up for the...
[May 4, 2000, 13:53]
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]
On the trail of the ILOVEYOU author, Part II
News Moreover, despite causing an epidemic and clogging email servers worldwide, the virus writer who created the ILOVEYOU virus is no Brainiac. Because of ILOVEYOU, the nation of islands found itself the focus of world attention at a time when armed...
[May 8, 2000, 8:35]
World's most lethal virus: ILOVEYOU roundup
News For up-to-the-minute news, comment and practical help, please go to our ILOVEYOU Special Report
[May 4, 2000, 13:50]
ILOVEYOU: French virus centres on the defensive
News But they remained very reserved as to the dangers of ILOVEYOU. Go to ZDNet's ILOVEYOU Special Report Last week, ZDNet France denounced the delay with which the Cert-Renater warned its correspondents of the arrival of the virus -- the alert was...
[May 15, 2000, 11:46]
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]
Inside the 'ILOVEYOU' worm
News The key to ILOVEYOU is a macro language for the Windows operating system known as Visual Basic Script. The ILOVEYOU worm struck hundreds of thousands of computers in Asia, Europe and the United States as workers clicked on an email attachment...
[May 5, 2000, 8:35]
More ILOVEYOU variants surface
News Subject: ILOVEYOU Go to ZDNet's ILOVEYOU Special Report Alias: "Love Bug" Body: kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me. Attachment: LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs Notes: Also known as I-Worm.Loveletter, IRC/Loveletter, Loveletter, Troj...
[May 10, 2000, 8:41]
Police arrest 'ILOVEYOU' suspect
News Pandacan, Manila in connection with the 'ILOVEYOU' virus. Go to ZDNet's ILOVEYOU Special Report It seems that most of the world is still reeling from the shock of the cutely and seductively named ILOVEYOU virus.
[May 8, 2000, 12:22]
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]
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]
Love Bug inspires follow-ups
News The Love Bug, which swamped email servers worldwide Thursday with messages declaring "ILOVEYOU", has spawned a few offsprings, according to virus experts. The attached file seems to be simply a renamed version of the "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs...
[May 5, 2000, 9:54]
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]
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. Whereas ILOVEYOU deleted files, Stages does not and, in fact, is relatively benign.
[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]
