On May 4, 2000, users of Windows computers began receiving an email with a malicious attachment. Within just ten days, some fifty million infections were reported, and it has been estimated that as ...

At the start of the millennium, a different virus has once baffled the world. With just an email, the I Love You virus has spread immediately, crashing computers, deleting files, and causing about $10 ...

On the ILOVEYOU virus’s 20th anniversary, former Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky looks back at how it—and two gnarly precursors—changed software design. Steven Sinofsky worked at Microsoft from ...

This is a demonstration of the I Love You Virus (known mostly as "ILOVEYOU"), which was recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the worst computer virus of all time, causing more damage ...

When it comes to computer viruses, there’s no shortage of large-scale incidents to refer back to. But one event in particular stands out, largely due to the fact it remains among the biggest ever ...

Wearing a striped shirt and Matrix-style dark glasses, Onel de Guzman stared at the floor as he made his way through a crowd of photographers into a hastily arranged press conference in Quezon City, a ...

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Realizing that your computer is infected with a virus can be a heart-stopping moment, but there's no need to panic. Viruses or other malware can have a devastating effect on your PC, slowing its ...