New variant of 'ILOVEYOU' worm

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Robert Lemos, ZDNet News ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 05 May 2000 09:07 BST

An unknown copycat has created a new worm virus that may continue to spread by changing the name of the attached .vbs file to "Very Funny.vbs" and the subject of the email to "joke."

In all other respects, the worm appears to be the same.

What do you think? Tell the Mailroom. And read what others have said.

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