Evolution of security: the story of the ILOVEYOU worm

guest · Aug 8, 2022

ILOVEYOU: the virus that loved everyone
We recall the story of the ILOVEYOU worm — one of the most infamous viruses from 22 years ago.
August 8, 2022

Let’s take a trip down memory lane to May 2000. Just another day at the office: You turn on your work computer, connect to the internet and download the latest e-mail in the Microsoft Outlook client. You immediately notice a strange message with the subject line “ILOVEYOU.” A person you know confesses their love to you. Maybe a school friend… Wait, no! Even better — your older supervisor.

Whoever it is, it’s definitely eye-catching, so you click the attached file called “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.VBS” and… nothing seems to happen. However, sometime later, you discover that important documents on your hard disk have been irreparably corrupted, and a bunch of similar love letters have been sent out on your behalf — to all of the contacts in your address book.
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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.
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