[jplayer01]

Beyond the fact that W95 was a terrible POS security-wise, I can't find any more detailed information with a brief Google search. I wish there was a site that did in-depth analysis of how a virus worked and presented that technical information for public readers.

edit: Although, this is decent https://malware.wikia.org/wiki/ILoveYou

[skrebbel]

> W95 was a terrible POS

In their defense, it wasn't really designed for cash registers anyway.

[syockit]

Yes, but when you market yourself as a general purpose OS, someone is bound to use it somewhere they deem to be a general purpose. Not to mention it's easier for lay people to program things for Win95 than other OS due to availability and also due to VB.

When I was a kid and saw an out of order POS was showing Win95 desktop (could be NT. When did NT start having start menu?), I thought it was cool. I wanted to play Solitaire on it while waiting for my mom to finish paying at some other counter.

[jonhohle]

Whoosh! I believe the comment you replied to was a dad-joke level double entendre.

> When did NT start having start menu?

Windows NT 4 in 1996 had a similar shell to Windows 95.

[jplayer01]

> Whoosh! I believe the comment you replied to was a dad-joke level double entendre.

That was a master level dad joke. I didn't realize either until reading your comment.

[NiekvdMaas]

Here is the source code: http://www.cexx.org/loveletter.htm

I love that the guy put in his email and physical location.

[easytiger]

It was a .vbs that the user has to run by clicking on it