ILOVEYOU Saga Continues

Two more former AMA students are being sought out be Philippine officials as potential suspects in the continuing ILOVEYOU worm saga. One suspect, Onel De Guzman, is the brother of de Guzman, the woman who was supposed to turn herself in to authorities on Monday. She is the girlfriend of Ramones, who police arrested on Monday as the suspected creator of the virus, but then released on Tuesday due to lack of evidence.

Apparently Onel De Guzman had a trojan horse in mind for his graduation thesis. The proposal was in turn rejected by the school, which now states that the idea was extremely similar to the ILOVEYOU worm, in that the object of the trojan was to steal Windows and other programs passwords to allow users to have free Internet access via other people's accounts. Onel is said to have lived with his sister and Ramones, although for a relatively short period.

Authorities are also searching for Michael Buen, who also attended AMA Computer College. His name matched those of former students Philippine officials were looking for.