Information Security: "ILOVEYOU" Computer Virus Emphasizes Critical Need for Agency and Governmentwide Improvements

Abstract

ILOVEYOU is both a virus and worm. Worms propagate themselves through networks; viruses destroy files and replicate themselves by manipulating files. The damage resulting from this particular hybrid, which includes overwhelmed e-mail systems and lost files is limited to users of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2001
Accession Number
ADA394217

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Security Software
  • Computer Viruses
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).