ILOVEYOU
ConceptMalware and Cyberattacks
A 2000 computer worm spread through email attachments on Windows systems.
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ILOVEYOU
- Malware and Cyberattacks
ILOVEYOU, also called the Love Bug or Loveletter, was a computer worm released on 4 May 2000. It spread mainly through email attachments sent to contacts in infected systems’ address books, using social engineering. Once executed, it overwrote files with its source code and tried to spread further. Created by Filipino student dropout Onel de Guzman, it affected an estimated 10% of internet-connected computers and caused approximately US$10 billion in damage.
- Released
- 4 May 2000
- Distribution method
- Email attachments sent to address-book contacts
- Estimated damage
- Approximately US$10 billion
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- ILOVEYOU (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q856096
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Mario23. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsMario23, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Loveletter-wurm.pngModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 468 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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