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Old 05-12-2006, 01:00 PM  
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O RLY? Virus

Ok, who's fault is this? LOL....



Sophos discovers hooting virus

Anti-virus vendor Sophos has discovered a worm that attempts to send a photograph of an owl to attached network printers.

The W32/Hoots-A worm is written in Visual Basic, spreading via network shares. When it infects a computer it attempts to send a graphical image of an owl with the legend "O RLY?" to a number of predefined print queues.

The phrase "O RLY?" is internet slang for "Oh really?", and is often accompanied by a picture of a snowy white owl.

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