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 ...

Today, most security experts view the ILoveYou virus as one of the first, most destructive social-engineering attacks that looked to take advantage of human frailties. But back on May 5, 2000, the day ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) -- The Philippines on Monday dropped all charges against a computer school drop-out suspected of being responsible for the "love bug" virus that hit computers around the ...