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Love Bug
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Love Bug

A famous virus that arrived as an e-mail attachment using the "double extension trick." The file name was "I LOVE YOU.TXT.vbs." The .vbs extension slipped by users who thought it was a safe text (.TXT) file. Victims using Microsoft Outlook spread the virus to everyone in their address book. In May 2000, the Love Bug replicated itself very quickly to countless users worldwide causing more than $6 billion dollars worth of damage. See double extension and virus.



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The concept is no different than the Lovebug virus, which most of you have met.
Abrams will join in the fun along with the Batmobile (on Saturday) and Herbie the Lovebug (on Sunday).
The Lovebug virus of 1999 is the third fastest spreading, with 1 in every 23 emails.
 
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