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Worm Developed for Nokia Series-60 Phones

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the reducing-cell-phone-calls-is-not-a-bad-thing dept.

Tuxedo Jack writes "It had to happen. The first worm designed specifically for cellular phones has been developed, and Cabir appears to be a way of effectively killing Nokia Series-60 cellular phones via shortening the battery life due to scanning for nearby Bluetooth devices and propagating itself. This still relies on a user to open it, so hopefully that won't be many, and those that do must use a file manager to find and kill the worm. At least it isn't a dialer!"

2 of 260 comments (clear)

  1. I would have thought otherwise. by Jareeedo · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who would've thought that the windows-based cell phones wouldn't be the first to have viruses.

  2. Re:Simple Fix by Halfbaked+Plan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unless it's anal sex, you're not likely to catch AIDS with anonymous casual sex.

    You heard it here first.

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