email worm
C23110
concept
An email worm is a self-replicating malicious program that spreads primarily through email by sending infected messages or attachments to contacts in a victim’s address book without user consent.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| email worm canonical | 4 |
| mass-mailing email worm | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: email worm
Generated description
An email worm is a self-replicating malicious program that spreads primarily through email by sending infected messages or attachments to contacts in a victim’s address book without user consent.
Instances (5)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Anna Kournikova virus | — |
| Love Letter worm | — |
| Love Bug | — |
| LoveLetter | — |
| Melissa virus | mass-mailing email worm |