A new computer worm that attempts to ride on the coattails of the anthrax scare emerged Tuesday, but numerous errors on the part of the program's author seem to have scuttled any chance the worm has to spread.

The worm is technically known as VBS.VBSWG.AF, or more colloquially as Antrax. It was discovered in an e-mail with a subject line that misspelled the name of the deadly anthrax disease as Antrax. The e-mail body also contains a message written in Spanish.

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