what was the first computer virus in the philippines

The first computer virus in the Philippines is known as the "ILOVEYOU" virus, which emerged on May 4, 2000, and quickly spread globally, affecting over 45 million users worldwide. The virus was created by a Filipino computer programmer named Onel de Guzman, who incorporated the virus into the source code he submitted for his final thesis while studying as an undergraduate computer student at the AMA Computer College. Although widely referred to as a computer virus, ILOVEYOU is actually a worm that spreads through email attachments with the subject line "ILOVEYOU". The virus caused widespread computer damage and cost the economy $10 billion in losses. At the time, there were no laws in the Philippines against writing malware, so de Guzman was not charged with any crime.