A virus romantic movie?

Word reaches me via MTV that a movie is coming out inspired, in part, by the Love Bug worm which infected computers worldwide in May 2000.

The movie, entitled “Subject: I love you”, stars American actress Briana Evigan (who I must admit I’ve never heard of) who is best known for her role in the TV show “Step Up 2 The Streets” (nope, not ringing a bell..)

According to the movie’s entry on IMDB, the film is at least being true to the original plot of the Love Bug worm (also known as VBS/Lovelet-A or ILOVEYOU) in so…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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