A laptop infected with 6 of the most dangerous computer viruses in history was auctioned to an anonymous buyer for $ 1,345 million – here's what every virus can do

"The ILOVEYOU virus, distributed by email and file sharing, affected more than 500,000 systems and caused $ 15 billion in damages, including $ 5.5 billion in the first week, according to the Dong site.

The "ILOVEYOU" virus was designed to replace media files stored on a computer, such as photos and videos, with copies of the bug itself, and then spread by sending contacts by e-mail in the Outlook account of a user.

The e-mail system overloaded with the virus worldwide, and a "very large number of companies and governments that are completely blocked" , said Philip Menke, Intel Security consultant, who spoke with Vice.