danooct1

@danooct1.bsky.social

malware historian https://youtube.com/@danooct1

25 years ago, a VBS email worm by the name of LoveLetter/ILOVEYOU began clogging email servers, overwriting files, and convincing lonely nerds to open a strange email attachment for a chance at love. My video on the worm is now closer in time to the worm itself than to now. youtu.be/ZqkFfF5kAvw?...

A screenshot of an email sent by the LoveLetter worm, asking you to open the worm's Visual Basic attachment, which would spread the worm further.

good to know that I: 1) am a respected content creator 2) am directly responsible for the toblerone chocolate company creating a chocolate-themed computer virus in the near future (as evident by this clearly not mass-spammed promotional email)

a screenshot of an email to a YouTuber that makes computer virus related videos that is obviously mass-spammed and asks for a collaboration with the Toblerone chocolate brand