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Discovered:
- October 30, 2002
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Updated:
- February 13, 2007 11:57:52 AM
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Type:
- Worm
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Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
VBS.Santa@mm is a mass-mailing worm that replicates as email. It uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to the first 20 contacts in the Outlook Address Book.
The email message has the following characteristics:
Subject: Hy it's me: <sender's name>
Message Body: More in the doc.
Attachment: The script file name.
VBS.Santa@mm is a Visual Basic Script (VBS).
Antivirus Protection Dates
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Initial Rapid Release version October 30, 2002
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Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
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Initial Daily Certified version October 30, 2002
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Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
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Initial Weekly Certified release date October 30, 2002
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