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Flame Malware Authors Hit Self-Destruct

Posted by samzenpus on from the without-a-trace dept.

angry tapir writes "The creators of the Flame cyber-espionage threat ordered infected computers still under their control to download and execute a component designed to remove all traces of the malware and prevent forensic analysis. Flame has a built-in feature called SUICIDE that can be used to uninstall the malware from infected computers. However, late last week, Flame's creators decided to distribute a different self-removal module to infected computers that connected to servers still under their control."

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  1. SUICIDE not good enough... by reve_etrange · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article implies that the new module overwrites with random data instead of just deleting files. I guess the original authors didn't think of that one...government inefficiency in action I suppose.

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  2. That explains it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My mother was wondering why her computer suddenly was working so much better.

    Thanks dudes!

  3. The Other by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe it self destructs when it can't find a LAN connection?

    Works for Diablo 3...

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