worm have been recorded. Variants of ILOVEYOU differed from the original worm in many aspects, such as changing which file extensions were affected, and modifying the worm's email subject and body to target specific audiences.

Computer worm NewLove, which spread in a similar fashion to ILOVEYOU, was especially destructive since it targeted every file on the victim's hard drive until their computer stopped working and evaded antivirus software. Despite widespread