Three hundred lines of logic. You could probably buy a book and search the Net a little and write this in about a day. That's what's scary. Combine the simplicity of the virus with the Philippine government's expected finding that the love bug was the work of two young hackers, and it seems the love bug could've come from almost anyone anywhere. The Philippines is not a particularly computerized, Internet-ready nation, but it's no backwater, either.
Manila is peppered with Internet cafes.
Internet service providers advertise on billboards. Tiny, native, computer shops compete against big American mail-order companies such as Dell Computer and Gateway. To some degree, the Philippines' computer literacy owes a debt to Amable Aguiluz V, who in 1978 opened a Computerland store in Manila. To stimulate demand, he started a school that would become AMA Computer College. It now has 150,000 students on campuses all around the country.