Even though, he said, there were no guarantees that anyone applying to reserve a domain name, such as cats.lol, would get it.

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"LINDSAY LOHAN IS NOT PREGNANT IS SHE NO STOP REALLY HAHAHAHHA SHUT UP OMG WHAT LOL HAHAHAHHAHAHAH CAN'T CONTROL IT HAHAHAHAHHA WHAT LOVE IT, " wrote Dominic Riccitello.

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When the worm infects a computer it sends out the "lol" message to the user's contact list.

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If you respond then the wormbot tries to persuade you to save the file, and it will even say "lol no its not a virus" (sic) if you ask about the possibility of infection.

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