This virus uses that old trick of going to the user’s electronic address book and then sending itself to everybody who’s listed there. Many companies have responded by disconnecting their networks from the internet. The virus has already caused some networks to crash. If the email user double clicks on that attachment, what can happen is that your machine gets infected.įor people using the email provider Outlook, the address book is accessed by the virus and the infected email is sent out to everyone in it. The nasty bit of the email lies in the attachment. Kevin Hanley of Priority Data Group describes how the virus attacks email and warns that if people receive an email with the subject line 'I Love You’, they should delete it immediately. The virus was not detected by any of the anti-virus software which are designed to protect networks from such bugs. Its subject line seems to have an amorous message. It is said to be spreading even more rapidly than last year's Melissa virus and could cost tens of millions of pounds in damage to networks. The virus is believed to have originated n Manila in the Philippines before spreading across Asia and then Europe. It has also been detected in the Danish Parliament and the US Defence Department at the Pentagon in Washington. The virus has had an international impact resulting in the shutting down of the House of Commons internet services. Computer networks affected by a virus with I Love You message.
