KEY TO SUCCESS : On the machine system level, ILOVEYOU relied on the scripting engine system setting (which runs scripting language files such as .vbs files) being enabled, and took advantage of a feature in Windows that hid file extensions by default, which malware authors would use as an exploit.

ILOVEYOU, sometimes referred to as Love Bug or Love Letter, was a computer worm that attacked tens of millions of Windows personal computers on and after 5 May 2000 local time in the Philippines when it started spreading as an email message with the subject line "ILOVEYOU" and the attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs".

2000年5月5日 · Here is the original source code for the loveletter virus, a historical macro virus released into the wild on 5 May 2000. When working with all malware (old or new), exercise caution before running any potentially malicious code.

Loveletter virus source code Below is the text of the pathetic LoveLetter "virus", for anyone who's interested. It has been reformatted as an plain text/HTML file, so there's no need to worry about being infected by it.

ILOVEYOU, sometimes referred to as the Love Bug or Loveletter, was a computer worm that infected over ten million Windows personal computers on and after 5 May 2000. It started spreading as an email message with the subject line "ILOVEYOU" and the attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs". [1]

2021年3月6日 · a clean 1080p backup of the video "Earths Deadliest [Computer] Virus: ILOVEYOU" by Disrupt.

2022年8月8日 · ILOVEYOU was not the first malware to exploit a hole in Microsoft’s e-mail client, but it certainly initiated one of the most serious virus outbreaks at the beginning of the new millennium. Let’s look back at its history and talk about how it changed our perception of computer system security.

ILOVEYOU works via email, specifically via a malicious email attachment. When the affected user opens the attachment, their action instantly downloads the worm into their system without their knowledge and starts spreading it across the network.

2000年5月4日 · CSRT ALERT VBS.LoveLet Vandal A new VBScript worm vandal is circulating right now. It has already infected tens of thousands of PCs around the world, all in a matter of hours and has caused many mail servers to crash. The vandal is called VBS.LoveLet (Or VBS.ILoveYou.Worm).