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sillysaurus
on July 22, 2013
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The anti-virus age is over
It might not have been possible for an antivirus to detect Flame, because the people behind Flame likely tested it against all antivirus software before deploying it. They were very, very careful. It's how they escaped detection for so many years.
_b8r0
on July 22, 2013
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Most malware writers test their malware components against AV software before deploying or selling it.
merlincorey
on July 22, 2013
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There are even websites dedicated to testing against multiple engines at once for you, automatically.
Of course, those are collection sites as well...
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