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NewLove is a computer virus that infects Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000 users running Internet Explorer 5.0. The virus spreads by e-mail and takes the name of a recently accessed file on a user's computer and uses that name. NewLove targets every single file on a user's hard drive until the computer stops working. [1] The virus causes more damage than ILOVEYOU because it eludes virus scanners. [2] In 2000, many media outlets updated Americans on the virus, but the virus did not cause as much damage as people expected. [3]
