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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12785865" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka is not threatened by the 'Flame' virus that robs vital state secret information, local experts said. Spokesperson for Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Research Technology  (SLCERT) Roshan Chandraguptha told The Nation that the virus was  designed to extract data from computers. “We have not received any information with regard to this virus attacking our system,” he said. The virus was reported to have affected hundreds of computers in Iran  and the Middle East with experts describing it as the most  sophisticated computer virus ever detected. Chandradupta however said they had received a special software developed by Iran to detect and remove the 'Flame' virus. “We did have a look at it. But we cannot test it because we are not faced with problems due to the virus,” Chandraguptha added. The virus was said to have copied state documents mostly in Iran,  where it was reported that it had infected computers of several high  ranking members of regime. The SLCERT has notified all government and private institutions of  the virus and had called them to notify the organisation in case of  virus attacks. “According to a statement by Iran, the viruses can get into your  computer via USBs and external hardware devices. But, there is no threat  to our computers right now,' he said.TN</blockquote>

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