Fastest bug ever

May 4, 2024

In 2000, the fastest-moving and most widespread virus in history hit 3 million PCs in just six hours. Can you guess the subject line of the infected email? Was it … A.) “URGENT,” B.) “ILOVEYOU,” C.) “MONEY4YOU” or D.) “HOT PICS”?

The answer: B.) The “ILOVEYOU” virus automatically sent itself to all contacts in an infected computer’s Microsoft Outlook address book. It cost an estimated $10 billion in system downtime. It also replaced certain file types with copies of itself and downloaded a Trojan horse. Love stinks.