Anti-Virus Advisories: Rating Them
L. Taylor - June 8, 2000

Event Summary

A Visual Basic worm, known as the 'ILOVEYOU' worm, reached epidemic proportions when it infected millions of desktops worldwide. Typically when a new virus or worm comes out, commercial anti-virus vendors issue an advisory, and an anti-virus downloadable virus killer that eliminates the virus or worm. The downloadable virus killer might be called an update, pattern, or definition. The advisory explains the scope and details of the virus, noting which files, directories, and registry keys are affected, and how the available downloadable anti-virus pattern, update, or tool fixes the problems at hand...