Malware causing printers to create "garbled printouts"
The malware is supposed to target PCs. Symantec says that for the past two weeks, the trojan has made itself known mostly in the US and India, along with parts of Europe and South America. It's delivered through the normal channels for malware; either from a person surfing to an infected web site or opening an email attachment.
However, it seems that this malware can also affect printers that are hooked up to the infected PC. Symantec says that it has received "multiple reports of massive print jobs being sent to print servers, printing garbage characters until the printer runs out of paper."
The malware generates an .spl file when it infects a PC. Symantec says:
The .spl file, while appearing to be a common printer spool file, is actually an executable file and is detected as Adware.Eorezo. Depending on the configuration, any files, including binary files, created in that folder will trigger print jobs. This explains the reports of unwanted printouts observed in some compromised environments. Based on what we have discovered so far, the garbled printouts appear to be a side effect of the infection vector rather an intentional goal of the author.
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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/malware-causing-printers-to-create-garbled-printouts
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-NewYork-Posted:
7vnXxBubble1xX God some viruses are so pointless -_-
Not pointless. If a virus can do this now? Think what it can do in its next generation...
Robots!!!!
XprNPosted:
XxBubble1xX God some viruses are so pointless -_-
Not pointless. If a virus can do this now? Think what it can do in its next generation...
OrigamoPosted:
This is the first time I have heard about it. It is amazing what technology can do nowadays.
Messi-XIIPosted:
UziMawdz ok im not a computer nerd so can someone tell me what Malware is? is it just a computer virus
It's basically like a computer virus.
Anyway, this malware sounds pretty pointless.
ok thanks man i downloaded malware bytes so i suppose this should it then
UziPosted:
Mawdz ok im not a computer nerd so can someone tell me what Malware is? is it just a computer virus
It's basically like a computer virus.
Anyway, this malware sounds pretty pointless.
Messi-XIIPosted:
ok im not a computer nerd so can someone tell me what Malware is? is it just a computer virus
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