when did the i love you computer worm originate
Not to be confused with Lloviu virus. ILOVEYOU, sometimes referred to as Love Letter, was a computer worm that attacked tens of millions of Windows personal computers on and after 5 May 2000 local time in the Philippines when it started spreading as an email message with the subject line ILOVEYOU and the attachment LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs.