World's most complex malware discovered - after two years in the wild

[mmix]

http://www.tgdaily.com/security-feat...rs-in-the-wild

What's most astonishing is that Kaspersky believes that the Worm.Win32.Flame virus has been out there undetected for over two years.

[Doug G]

Yes, I read about this malware. Kind of scary.

[dd_wizard]

Check out this analysis of the flame worm. That's a very professional product, built with a very nice tool set.

dd_wizard

[sillav]

What systems does it affect? Nix's? Windows? Mac's? BSD? Android?

[Evil_Bert]

The article only mentions Windows characteristics (DLLs, MS vulnerabilities) so I assume it's limited to Windows.

Edit. The name is also a bit of a hint: Worm.Win32.Flame.

[tashirosgt]

I wonder if it will get broken by updates. Even malware is getting bloated these days.

[flyingfsck]

...but does it require IE6?

[Ihatewindows]

Originally Posted by sillav

What systems does it affect? Nix's? Windows? Mac's? BSD? Android?

If oddly enough, Windows.

[flyingfsck]

Hmm, I always thought that Windows is malware. So Flame and its ilk don't really change anything.

[CronoCloud]

Originally Posted by flyingfsck

Hmm, I always thought that Windows is malware.

I was wondering when someone would say that.

CronoCloud

[DBelton]

Originally Posted by flyingfsck

Hmm, I always thought that Windows is malware. So Flame and its ilk don't really change anything.

Can't be..

Malware actually does something