# Love Bug question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-bug-question/32992>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 13, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-bug-question/32992 "2000-09-13T03:54:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-bug-question/32992/1 "2000-09-13T03:54:06Z")

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I had a user download the virus Monday, again on Tuesday and spread it around the LAN today.  
Users had their home page changed to a “virus alert”.  
It doesn’t look like a Microsoft object, the address is in numbers, the date given is not Y2K compliant, it is all text, no graphics and I’m wondering if it is like unto the fireman that sets fires.  
I think this started by a user downloading a file named very funny.htm. It was present on two of the infected PCs.  
Tomorrow (if I have any spare time, being a day behind now) I shall point a virgin Win 95 install at 202.78.86.25 and see if it catches anything.

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**Author:** ![CandyMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@CandyMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandyMan)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-bug-question/32992/2 "2000-09-13T15:44:39Z")

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Ok, I will bite. What is the exact question here?

CandyMan

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**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-bug-question/32992/3 "2000-09-13T18:08:04Z")

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Well, just for shits and giggles I’m waiting to find out how many people plug that number into their browser. Curiosity killed the cat, you know?

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**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-bug-question/32992/4 "2000-09-13T18:32:04Z")

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damn, and I thought this thread had to do with the love bug population here in forida. The little bugs that travel in twos with their butts atached to one another?

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**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-bug-question/32992/5 "2000-09-13T19:12:23Z")

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And I thought it was going to be an earnest question about the Dean Jones movie.