Also if you tried to remove it with Malwarebytes it would pop up a warning asking if you really wanted to remove such a jolly virus during the holidays.
There actually was an email-worm back in the late 80's quite similar to this that showed character art of a christmas tree on the left with text on the right saying "A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND MY BEST WISHES FOR THE NEXT YEAR"
There actually was an email-worm back in the late 80's quite similar to this that showed character art of a christmas tree on the left with text on the right saying "A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND MY BEST WISHES FOR THE NEXT YEAR"
You can read a bit more about it here: A short history of Christmas malware • Graham Cluley
Genuinely this would be the exact kind of malware that would've gone around durin the ~90s
Such a good way to spread the holiday cheer.