[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.

[FlyVet]

Yep, that was it. Toward the end of that mess, someone with a big address book would have a mental lapse and click on one of them. They’d get angry phone calls from all over the world.