FLMAE Worm's control by command and cntrol server

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“Those behind it did try and destroy it. They may have known that they were about to be rumbled, but they failed at the last minute by mistyping the name of the file,”
'it' is w.r.t Flame and these words were spoken by Prof.Woodward.
But a kill switch is actually a programmed one, how can one go wrong by mistyping a name from a C&C server?

[edit]SHOUTING removed - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Posted 21-Sep-12 23:20pm

Sai Sasanka

Updated 21-Sep-12 23:28pm

OriginalGriff

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OriginalGriff 22-Sep-12 5:28am

DON'T SHOUT. Using all capitals is considered shouting on the internet, and rude (using all lower case is considered childish). Use proper capitalisation if you want to be taken seriously.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-09-21T23:29:00

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At a guess - if they wanted to affect or execute a file called "myfile.ext", they mistyped it as "mfyile.ext" or similar.

Posted 21-Sep-12 23:29pm

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