Copycats of 'I Love You' Worm Spread - Page 2

way to avoid infections of these types of viruses is to block scripts at the e-mail server level.

"Quarantining such e-mails in this way will ensure that e-mail users are not infected," said Nick Galea, chief executive officer of GFI. "It is true that this will give rise to some false alarms, but it is also the only surefire way to prevent infection -- especially as much more dangerous variants are likely to be released."

It is believed the original virus was authored by a person using the handle spyder. The virus has a comment that may indicate the author:
rem barok -loveletter(vbe)
rem by: spyder / ispyder@mail.com / @GRAMMERSoft Group / Manila, Phillippines.