ILOVEYOU worm

E183324

The ILOVEYOU worm was a notorious early-2000s email-borne computer worm that rapidly spread worldwide, causing massive damage by overwriting files and exploiting users’ trust with a deceptive love-letter subject line.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
ILOVEYOU 5
ILOVEYOU worm canonical 2
Love Letter virus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer worm ⓘ
email-borne worm ⓘ
malware ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Love Bug ⓘ
Love Letter worm ⓘ
LoveLetter ⓘ
authorOrigin Philippines ⓘ
category email worm ⓘ
social engineering attack ⓘ
effect caused email system outages ⓘ
caused network congestion ⓘ
modified system files ⓘ
overwrote files ⓘ
spread to contacts via email ⓘ
stole passwords ⓘ
emailAttachmentName LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs ⓘ
emailSubjectLine ILOVEYOU ⓘ
linked to: ILOVEYOU worm
era early 2000s ⓘ
estimatedDamageCost billions of US dollars ⓘ
executionRequirement user opening the attachment ⓘ
fileExtensionUsed .vbs ⓘ
fileTypeMasquerade pretended to be a text file ⓘ
firstDetectedIn Philippines ⓘ
firstDetectedOn 2000-05-04 ⓘ
geographicSpread worldwide ⓘ
notableFor exploiting Microsoft Outlook address books ⓘ
large economic impact ⓘ
rapid global spread ⓘ
use of social engineering ⓘ
payload installing password-stealing component ⓘ
overwriting image files ⓘ
overwriting music files ⓘ
overwriting script files ⓘ
propagationMethod email ⓘ
file sharing ⓘ
relatedTo Anna Kournikova worm ⓘ
Melissa virus ⓘ
securityImpact led to improved email filtering ⓘ
prompted changes in email attachment policies ⓘ
raised awareness of social engineering threats ⓘ
socialEngineeringTechnique deceptive subject line ⓘ
fake love letter ⓘ
targetedSoftware Microsoft Outlook ⓘ
linked to: Outlook
targetPlatform Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows
usedVulnerability default Windows setting hiding known file extensions ⓘ
writtenIn VBScript ⓘ
yearOfMajorOutbreak 2000 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VBScript → notableMalware → ILOVEYOU worm ⓘ
ILOVEYOU worm → emailSubjectLine → ILOVEYOU ⓘ
linked to: ILOVEYOU worm
Anna Kournikova virus → inspiredBy → ILOVEYOU worm ⓘ
Love Letter worm → alsoKnownAs → ILOVEYOU ⓘ
linked to: ILOVEYOU worm
Love Letter worm → emailSubjectLine → ILOVEYOU ⓘ
linked to: ILOVEYOU worm
Love Bug → hasAlias → ILOVEYOU ⓘ
linked to: ILOVEYOU worm
Love Bug → hasAlias → Love Letter virus ⓘ
linked to: ILOVEYOU worm
LoveLetter → hasAlias → ILOVEYOU ⓘ
linked to: ILOVEYOU worm