Who Spread Melissa virus?
In late March 1999, a programmer named David Lee Smith hijacked an America Online (AOL) account and used it to post a file on an Internet newsgroup named “alt.
Where did the Melissa virus come from?
The Melissa virus was a mass-mailing macro virus released on or around March 26, 1999. It targeted Microsoft Word and Outlook-based systems and created considerable network traffic. The virus would infect computers via email; the email was titled “Important Message From,” followed by the current username.
Where is Onel de Guzman now?
He also created a title for the email attachment that would have global appeal, tempting people across the world to open it.” Now 44 years old, Onel de Guzman runs a small phone repair booth in a shopping mall in Manilla. He never went back to college.
Who created ILOVEYOU virus?
Onel de Guzman
ILOVEYOU
| Common name | ILOVEYOU |
|---|---|
| Point of origin | Manila, Philippines |
| Author(s) | Onel de Guzman |
| Operating system(s) affected | Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 |
| Written in | VBScript |
Does Melissa virus still exist?
According to the FBI website, the virus overloaded email servers at more than 300 corporations and government agencies, shutting down some entirely.
Who is the best hacker in the Philippines?
Onel de Guzman, perhaps the most infamous Philippine hacker, created the ILOVEYOU virus, a malware that copied itself to all addresses in a computer’s Windows-based email service, in 2000.
How much damage did the Melissa virus do?
The computer programmer who created the Melissa virus was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison today for unleashing the virus that infected thousands of computers worldwide in 1999 and caused more than $80 million in damage.