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VBS/Horty-A

Overview VBS/Horty-A is an email worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to spread. The worm sends an email to all contacts in the user's Windows address book. The email has the following characteristics: Subject line: Jenna Jameson pornstar free superf**k+photo address.

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Publisher	Sophos	File Format	HTML
Date Published	April 2002	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Anti-Virus

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