Anti-virus software maker Symantec said the latest variant of the virus poses as a warning message from their technical support team. Trend Micro Inc E-mails infected with the Love Bug reached 45 million users, according to one estimate. But officials in Manila have raised the possibility that the suspect might not be responsible for the computer attack. The user here is invisible, it could be anybody. The difference is that the person we have identified is the registered owner of that computer.
Experts say the virus is likely to engender more variants in the coming weeks.
It only affects systems running Microsoft Windows with Windows Scripting Host enabled. Computers using Apple's operating system or Linux are not affected. Although the virus seems to have started in the Philippines, systems there and in much of Asia have escaped largely unscathed as several markets were on holiday last week.