ILOVEYOU is a malware, specifically a computer worm. Infecting over ten millions
Windows. ILOVEYOU hides as a love letter named, LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs, by default,
Windows hides .VBS. By that, the users things its a .TXT files. Opening it causes the local machine to be damages, deleting all files (Except .mp3 which it hids instead of deleting it), the copies itself to
Windows Address
Book and Microsoft Outlook.
Created by Onel de Guzman due to no lawas in Philippines about Malware. the Philippine Congress enacted Republic Act No. 8792, otherwise known as the E-Commerce
Law, in July 2000 to discourage future iterations of such activity. However, the Constitution of the Philippines prohibits ex post facto laws, and as such, de Guzman could not be prosecuted.