If you have antivirus software on your computer, now is a good time to update it. The most complex piece of malware to ever be discovered by researchers appears to have been cracked, according to reports.

The Flame virus made many headlines this spring when several Middle Eastern politicians learned that the software had been spying on them for months. It is widely suspected that the malware was produced by a government agency in order to destabilize cyber life in the Middle East.

In May, when the virus was discovered, governments began working together with internet security experts to try and pick up the pieces. They were in the middle of this work when the virus self-destructed.

A report by Symantec AntiVirus suggests that while the main threat has been undone, there may be subvarieties floating around the internet, waiting to cause trouble. It was for this reason that the researchers turned to the public last week, asking for help in cracking the code that protected the server that contains this powerful software.

On Monday, a researcher from Kaspersky cracked the code, thus gaining access to the powerful malware's server and giving researchers the opportunity to learn more about how the extensive espionage network worked.

As Charles Ripley of PC World put it, this probably doesn't mean a lot for the average internet user. While it is important to have cross-platform antivirus software on your computer, this particular virus wasn't intended to infect the common computer. It does, however, mean that the world of computer viruses is growing more complex.

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