Virus Treats to Symbian Smart Phones
Filed in: Security — April 23rd, 2005
The recent discovery of a large number of malicious mobile phone programs should raise concerns throughout the wireless industry, according to a virus tracker.
Cell phone antivirus software company SimWorks reported Wednesday that 52 new Trojan horses are hidden inside several different cell phones games and other readily available mobile phone software. While the software appears to be safe to share or use, the Trojans actually contain malicious software that crashes many critical cell phone system components.
The Trojan horses target only cell phones that use Symbian, an advanced, or “smart phone,” operating system that competes with similar software from Microsoft to bring PC-like capabilities to phones. To date, no phones have been affected, according to Aaron Davidson, chief executive officer of SimWorks.
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Symbian powered mobile phones:
Nokia 6670, Nokia N-Gage, Nokia 6600, Siemens SX1, Nokia 7610, Nokia 7710, Nokia 3230, Nokia 6680, Sony Ericsson P910, Motorola A1000, and more…
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May 11th, 2005 at 6:46 am
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http://www.cell-phone-viruses.com/index.html