Autor: Dariusz (teletext_at_poczta.onet.pl)
Data: Thu 04 May 2000 - 21:16:34 MET DST
More than 350,000 computers in
the United States were infected by
the 'ILOVEYOU' bug by midday
Thursday, and the virus is
continuing to spread. Experts say
the virus appears to be in the same
class as the Melissa virus, a bug
that crippled computer systems
around the world a year ago. Much
like Melissa, the ''love bug'' spreads
by infiltrating a computer user's
address book and sending copies
of itself to that person's contacts.
However, the new virus also
seemed to be using instant
messaging or ''Internet chat''
systems such as ICQ to spread. The virus first
appeared in Hong Kong,
spreading throughout e-mail systems once a user opened
one of the
contaminated messages. It later moved into European
parliamentary houses
and through the high-tech systems of big companies and
financial traders.
Virus also affecting chat systems
Corporate systems hard-hit by virus
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