TOKYO, May 8 'Love Bug' virus infects 120 computers in Japan

At least 120 computers have been infected with the crippling ''Love Bug'' computer virus as of 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Japan, anti-computer virus software developer Trend Micro Inc. said.

The company said an on-line measurement it conducted showed more than 100,000 e-mail messages tainted with the virus entered Japanese computer systems.

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-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), May 09, 2000

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If the Love Bug only affected 120 computers in a country the size of Japan, they sure got off easy.

-- Uncle Fred (dogboy45@bigfoot.com), May 10, 2000.

Only 120 computers? Who are they kidding? Everybody got clobbered worse than that.

-- Billiver (billiver@aol.com), May 10, 2000.

What about all those people in other countries who received Love-Bug emails sent by those 120 computers?

-- Observer (lots@to.observe), May 10, 2000.