Security News > 2020 > May > ILOVEYOU: The Love Bug virus 20 years on – could it happen again?
2020-05-04 15:59
That makes the Love Bug computer virus 20 years old today, depending on your timezone and how early in the infection chain you were.
It was 20 years ago today That the Love Bug virus came to play.
The Love Bug virus was also known ILOVEYOU because it spewed itself out in emails with those three words, jammed together as one, in the subject line.
Sadly for victims, infected files were blindy replaced with the Love Bug code, rather than being parasitically infected by having the virus inserted at the start.
The good news is that a virus outbreak coded in the style of Love Bug probably wouldn't get very far these days.