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Are Cell Viruses A Real Threat Now?

Posted by Zonk on 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."

2 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. Cell Viruses are the most common! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I thought the computer term virus CAME from Cell Viruses. Now we are using Cell Virus to talk about cell PHONE viruses?

    yeah, my Motorola phone caught a cold, and it passed it along to my PC.

  2. Focus you energy. by OctoberSky · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am calling on all hackers and script kiddies to stop writing malicious code for cell phones and start writing codes that allow me to get a connection (place a call) without my carrier knowing.

    $39.99+ is far too much to pay per month. I want free calling. And I am not talking about cloning, I am talking about getting on Verizons antenna and placing calls from my phone without them seeing it, or seeing who owns the phone.