VBS.LoveLetter.CA spreads using Microsoft Outlook. It attempts to email itself to all contacts that have not yet been targeted by the worm. The payload of this worm overwrites files of certain extensions with its own code.
NOTE: Virus definitions prior to March 2, 2001 detected this as VBS.LoveLetter.Variant.
The subject is one of the following:
The body of the email is one of the following:
- STAR F**KERS INC. EVEN TRENT KNOWS ITS TRUE
- [String of 10 random characters]
- [No Body Text]
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