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Viruses Find A New Host: Cell Phones

Posted by timothy on from the call-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A NYTimes article (free reg) describes the dangers posed by viruses as 3G and text-messaging become more common, inluding an incident in '01 where numerous phones in Japan began calling 110 (equivalent to 911 in the U.S.). Wired mentions 13M vulnerable phones in Japan alone." (And that was a few years ago.)

6 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. They are not Viruses by phunster · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are Virii

    1. Re:They are not Viruses by Aliencow · · Score: 4, Funny

      And we're both genii !

  2. today's dilbert addresses this issue by civilengineer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Antivirus software makers did this

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  3. Re:nothing is safe.. by pvt_medic · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh its much much worse than that. With the growing trend of electronics being networked and intigrated into a bigger system think of the fun a virus could have.

    • Your fridge goes crazy and starts attacking you with ice cubes.
    • Your coffee machine makes something tasting like crap.
    • Your garage door shuts on the car as it backs out.
    • And the laundry machine fills the house with soap suds.


    Oh what a virus writers dream. A whole house on the fritz.
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  4. Re:nothing is safe.. by murphyslawyer · · Score: 5, Funny
    • Your coffee machine makes something tasting like crap.

    Even worse, your Nutri-matic drink dispenser could start producing beverages that are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

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  5. Never got one by finelinebob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cell phone viruses? Text-message spam? Never seen on- ... hold on, my phone just beeped ... looks like I've got 53 new text messages...

    No, make that 67....