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Events on Thursday 4 May 2000 1
2000The ILOVEYOU worm spreads worldwideAn email virus infects tens of millions of computersBeginning on 4 May 2000 a computer worm carried in an email attachment titled "ILOVEYOU" spread from the Philippines across the globe, overwriting files and mailing itself to victims' contacts. It reached an estimated 45 million computers and caused billions of dollars in damage and cleanup. Philippine suspects were freed because the country then had no law against writing malware.