Security issues tied to Microsoft´s Outlook email program drew heated criticism today from security analysts after a new virus swept through computer systems across the globe.

Some analysts said the "I Love You" attack points to serious flaws in Microsoft code. They noted that the virus takes advantage of well-known exploits involving Visual Basic script files, which end in the extension ".vbs." Visual Basic is a high-level programming language developed by Microsoft that is graphically oriented.

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