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I love you virus arrives to the Dominican Republic

The "I Love You Virus" that has shut down computer systems in the Far East, Europe and the US (Asian Wall Street Journal, British Parliament, and New York Stock Exchange, among other large institutions have been hit) has arrived to the DR. The computer virus is spread by e-mail messages titled "ILOVEYOU". Once the attachment, which is named LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt is launched, the virus sends copies of the same e-mail to everybody listed in the user’s address book. To be prepared, DR1 Daily readers are advised to print out the recommendations provided by Robert Woolford, DR1 webmaster, that were published on the DR1 Message Board once the virus was known, to avoid the devastating effects of this fast-spreading virus. http://www.dr1.com/board/index.cgi?read=28662