Are Cell Viruses A Real Threat Now?

Posted by Zonk on Friday September 23, 2005 @01:33AM from the reach-out-and-cough-someone dept.

Celpha writes "According to security firm F-Secure, a Trojan virus (Cardtrap.A) attacks Symbian mobile phone operating systems, attempting to infect users' PCs if they insert the phone's memory card into their computers. From the article: 'We expect to see more of this on the mobile front,' an F-Secure chief research officer said. Trend Micro issued a media alert stating it is a 'fully functioning' mobile threat. However, Antivirus firm Sophos slams the claim of this first example of a serious mobile malware threat as just plain bonkers."

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Re:Simplicity is the key to beating this easily... by Pichu0102 · 2005-09-23 02:06 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Yes, but another thing is to just use an old type cell phone.
I mean, what's the point of having a color cellphone anyways? And with web capabilities?
Web browsers on phones were just asking for trouble. And the worst part is no one can make an antivirus for phones, so if your phone gets infected, your provider will probably charge you an arm, a leg, and your first born to repair it instead of trying to fix the holes in the first place.