first mobile phone virus.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9860240%5E2,00.html

what does this mean for cell-phones? do we need norton anti-virus protection for our cell phones now?

 

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With bluetooth, it really is like a virus. It spreads in an area about itself. People might come in from other regions carrying the virus and start a new outbreak.

Looks like it's just an annoyance right now. Wait til someone makes one to jack you into some 900 lines and the like.

I notice that it was anti-virus developer that discovered the virus. Maybe they're just trying to edge into a new market? I've noticed a lot of web sites and some scanners that try to give you a false positive on a virus check to sell their software.

 

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hurrah.
we might go back, to land lines.
cellphones, are the worst thing to happen to society, people are always texting, playing games, or shouting at them. (down them )
I wont have one.
I dont want to have,a piece of plastic rule my life.

 

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Recently, I saw a report on these cellphone virus thing.
There existed a virus for some cellphones, that used the java capabilities to gain control over some functions. For example, it started to send SMS to expensive numbers...

Some guy who worked for a telecommunication company as a software counselor or something like that, showed that these viruses can be quite harmful because the cellphones have no protection as of yet.

 

If it spreads by bluetooth, if i have my "make my bluetooth discoverable" disabled ,does that protect my phone?

 

There's no phony code in the Virus,i have heard.

bye!

 

if your phone isnt set to discoverable the other phones with the virus in range will not know to send it to you and youll be ok. the virus is easily removed with a file manager on your pc, as it hides itself in a hidden folder which you cant access from your phone. apparently, it does nothing but scan constantly for other phones to send to, which can greatly reduce your battery time. its basically just a proof-of-concept virus set free.

 

Cheers for the info

 

Suggestion to dear Stryder: I think this qualifies to be in Virii Alert stick,dont you think?

Interesting Post neverthless...

Just a thought...

bye!

 

who stryder... he hasnt posted here.

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He's the Moderator of this Forum pal...


bye!

 

why do you always run away from the thread after youve posted, do you think we have some sort of infection or something *has infection* o your right.

 

i dont follow what you mean.

If you are saying that i post and i dont actively reply,well i apologise,because of lack of time i may not be able to do it.I have started a lot of threads which i cannot keep track of.Although i try hard to.

and i run away from thread because i have to post in other forums as well! i have a time limit of access,after that i have to carry on with my other work as well...so sorry once more.

I hope this clarifies.
bye!

 

exactly. you always say 'bye!' at the end of your posts, which gives me the impression your running away.
im just being silly really, just ignore it *is silly*

 

yeah! i know it sometimes creates that kind of expression! hehe...i got this habbit from guy here itself called Crisp,he says this Bye in his each posts,i liked the style so plagiarized it,now it has become a kind of habbit...


bye!

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ehehe...

 

beabfiuahfuiafbufhaiwhfuiab maddness consumes me.

 

Anybody who owns a 'phone with an OS sophisticated enough to be hacked deserves everything he/she has coming.

Ignore me I'm an old man. I grew up back in the day when watches told the time, phones were for talking to people and computers came with the OS in ROM.
Dee Cee