He got the data entry job, but it was not long before he got bored of the daily monotonous task of sitting behind the computer, reading through heaps of old, dusty files, and keying in data.

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Flame can gather data files, remotely change settings on computers, turn on computer microphones to record conversations, take screen shots and copy instant messaging chats.

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It also makes it easier to find the files that have been created, accessed and modified during an attack, and it is able to reconstruct deleted files from raw data found in various hidden parts of a computer's hard disk, such as unallocated space and file slack.

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