By Alyssa Sedlak. This worm arrived by e-mail on May 4, 2000 The subject was simply “ILOVEYOU” and held an attachment named “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU” LOVE.

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By Alyssa Sedlak

This worm arrived by on May 4, 2000 The subject was simply “ILOVEYOU” and held an attachment named “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU” LOVE LETTER WORM

The worm sent a copy of itself in the Windows Address Book and with the user’s sender address It had the ability to overwrite several types of files It also changed registry keys WHAT DID IT DO?

Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center created fixlove.exe The virus was spotted on May 4 and the fix was released on May 8 HOW IT WAS FIXED

50 million infections were reported Caused $5.5 billion in damage Most of the damage cited was the time and effort spent getting ride of the worm IMPACT

Thinks you do not destroy when cracking He did not confess to creating the virus Says it could have been his Also says he might have released it (I find him very confusing…) ONEL A. DE GUZMAN

Update anti-virus product Disable windows scripting host Disable active scripting in internet explorer Disable auto-DCC reception in IRC clients Filter the worm in Exercise caution when opening attachements HOW TO PREVENT GETTING THE LOVELETTER VIRUS

Run fixlove.exe Delete the following files: MSKernal32.vbs in the Windows System Directory, Win32DLL.vbs in the Windows Directory, LOVE-LETTER-FOR- YOU.TXT.vbs in the Windows System, WinFAT32.EXE in the internet download directory, Script.ini in the mIRC directory WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET THIS VIRUS