I love you

The three words that can at most motivate you to cross the seven seas or at least tempt you to open en email. This very temptation was the downfall of many computer users when this multipurpose multi skilled virus hit the web. It had the ability to replicate itself via IRC chat and email, transfer and hide itself in different files and folders, and infect the registry keys once you opened an email in you inbox declaring I Love You. The virus thought to be originated somewhere in the Philippines, caused damage which was estimated to be around $8 10 billion.