More virus coverage
When agencies battled the 'Melissa' virus in March 1999, systems administrators attributed the government's success to coordinated, timely alerts and good planning. But when the 'ILOVEYOU' virus came to town last week, the federal response was anything but coordinated, agencies said.
LOVE virus coverage
LOVE hurts [Federal Computer Week, May 8, 2000]
Love Letter virus mutates [FCW.com, May 5, 2000]
'ILOVEYOU' has sinister side [FCW.com, May 4, 2000]
Feds on virus alert [FCW.com, May 4, 2000]
Agencies' response to attack [FCW.com, May 4, 2000]
FEMA found "LOVE' potion [FCW.com, May 4, 2000]
How the LOVE virus works [FCW.com, May 4, 2000]
Past virus coverage
"Agencies fight off "Melissa' macro virus" [Federal Computer Week, April 5, 1999]
"Melissa tests DOD procedures" [Federal Computer Week, April 12, 1999]
"Despite fending off Melissa virus, U.S. systems still vulnerable" [Federal Computer Week, April 15, 1999]
"Mounting an anti-virus defense" [Federal Computer Week, Aug. 23, 1999]
"Marines say virus incident not an attack" [Federal Computer Week, Oct. 25, 1999]
"DOD boosts IT security role" [Federal Computer Week, Oct. 4, 1999]
"ScanMail broadens virus fight" [Federal Computer Week, April 3, 2000]
"Sophos makes anti-virus protection more manageable" [Federal Computer Week, July 26, 2000]
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