As it happens, the Love Bug virus merely hides the MP3 files, making them invisible.
And the Love Bug virus illustrated the dangers of a world connected -- in which no one is in charge.
So by the time the bug virus gets to us, it's like saw it in the salmon farm, buddy.
The "Love Bug" virus has been called the fastest-spreading and most destructive computer virus ever, costing an estimated $950 million to $15 billion worldwide.
Discussion on security that I started after listening to various incompetent blather about the Love Bug virus on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer.
Last May, college-age hackers in Manila sent out a "love bug" virus that clogged computer networks around the globe -- a tale straight out of the gritty works of writers like William Gibson, Neal Stephenson and Bruce Sterling.
One neighbor, a young woman whom I knew vaguely from the elevator, said she would be willing to help but her computer had been infected by the Love Bug virus.
The case of Onel de Guzman, the student who wrote the 2000 Love Bug virus and who escaped prosecution because the Philippines, his home, had no offence with which to prosecute him, is a case in point.
ASHINGTON -- The government failed to promptly detect the devastating "Love Bug" virus and warn federal agencies, resulting in substantial damage to agencies' computer systems and files, congressional investigators testified Thursday.
Look at the headlines on the eve of this 2000 election: The "love bug" virus, launched by a student in the Philippines, wipes out in a few hours millions of dollars' worth of files on 10 million computers all over the world.
Computer criminals may also be able to escape the law more easily in countries which are undergoing serious political and security problems". The case of Onel de Guzman, the student who wrote the 2000 Love Bug virus and who escaped prosecution because the Philippines, his home, had no offence with which to prosecute him, is a case in point.
