[FlyVet]

I remember in the late 90's the .mil net was getting beaten up pretty badly by a certain kind of virus, can't remember if it was worm or not.

One would click on a bogus email, and it would automatically spread the virus to everyone in your address book. The only real damage it did was to overwhelm the system with thousands of bogus emails, thus slowing the servers to a crawl.

It took maybe six months to get that under control. It was mostly a matter of education. If you didn't recognize the sender, don't open it, delete it, and notify the webmaster.

[antiRepublicrat]

I remember in the late 90's the .mil net was getting beaten up pretty badly by a certain kind of virus

ILOVEYOU, a.k.a., VBS/Loveletter, a.k.a., Love Bug.