Flame Malware Authors Hit Self-Destruct

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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 (http://www.cio.com.au/article/427005/flame_authors_order_infected_computers_remove_all_ traces_malware/). 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.

http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/06/08/013204/flame-malware-authors-hit-self-destruct