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Flame virus could delete files, as well as copy them

22 June 2012 • 2 min read

'Espionage' virus starts to reveal its secrets

The Flame virus, discovered in Iran in May, was able to completely wipe data from infected PCs, according to Symantec security researcher Vikram Thakur. The company has found a component that en...

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