An AMA official said that Onel de Guzman had excelled in his computer courses, but dropped out after his thesis proposal was rejected as unethical.

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School officials determined the virus was similar to Onel de Guzman's thesis, called E:mail Password Sender Trojan, which was designed to obtain Windows passwords, and retrieve Internet accounts from victims' computers.

CNN: Authorities seek to question pair in "Love Bug' attack

The Philippines dropped all charges against Onel de Guzman , a 24-year-old computer school dropout suspected of releasing the "I Love You" virus that cost billions of dollars worth of damage when it deleted hard drives around the world in May.

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"We all know that when we connect to the Internet, we spend more time for surfing and reading e-mail only, so when we are spending time we spend a lot of money to pay the accounts for only using a couple of hours, " Onel de Guzman's proposal read.

CNN: Authorities seek to question pair in "Love Bug' attack