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Old 06-08-12, 11:36 AM   #1
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Default How the Flame virus was hidden as a Windows update
More information about how Windows Update was compromised is gradually coming to light. An oversight by Microsoft appears to have played into the hands of top-class cryptographic experts involved in developing super-spyware Flame:

http://www.h-online.com/security/new...o-1614234.html

(June 8th, 2012)
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Looks like your system has been infected now STEED
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Spyware...well all they will find on my system is sod all of any use to them.


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And they are out of here...reason, bored stiff.
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