Flame

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:59:54 AM
Also Known As:: Stamford
Type:: Virus

The Flame virus is a simple master boot record (MBR), floppy boot sector infecting virus that contains a destructive payload, which when activated (by a change in the month from the infection date), will display colored flames on the screen and overwrite the MBR. Systems infected with this virus will report a loss of 1K in total conventional memory. On floppy disks the original Boot Sector is stored at physical location cylinder 1 side 1 sector 25.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version December 15, 2000
Latest Rapid Release version December 15, 2000
Initial Daily Certified version December 15, 2000
Latest Daily Certified version December 15, 2000
Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Technical Details

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