The virus is released when an attachment to a fake e-mail message is opened. By changing the names of files on computers, "I Love You" makes them difficult to access. It also searches for important personal information, including passwords, which it sends to a Web site for others to see.

当假的电子邮件附件被打开时， 病毒就会被释放出来。通过更改计算机中的文件名，“我爱你”病毒使计算机难以读取文件。它也会搜寻密码这类重要的个人数据，将其传送到网站上让其它人看到。