they probably got it by downloading a game...

I am using Norton from Symantec for my my personal PC protection. They have informed via e-mail yuesterday that my computer is now protected against the "Flamer" virus. Assuming Flamer is the same as Flame, if Norton can do it for everyone then Flame isn't much of a threat.

It’s all hype. The misspelling was intentional and your computer probably wouldn’t be targeted anyway. This is for international cyber warfare.

LUA is a programming language. Hundreds of thousands of applications are written in it. That's like claiming Barack Obama's autobiography is related to the ingredients on a Coke bottle because they're both written in English. It makes no sense at all, and I weep for humanity and journalism if this is the level of collective knowledge we've descended too.

Must be a slow news day to be repeating FOX nonsense. Saying Flame is related to Angry Birds is like saying porn is related to religious films, because they are both made with a camera! And the name is Lua (moon in Portuguese) not L.U.A. as in some acronym. The language was developed by a Catholic Univ in Rio, and for all it's fanfare, it is surprisingly similar to Java.

Meaning that it has a stripped down function version of Java - which was a stripped down version of C++. Which indicates that it was no government hacker application - but at best a small group of average hackers.