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:Cell Phones by kihjin · 2005-09-23 01:47 · Score: 0, Redundant

Netcraft hasn't confirmed it yet, so it can't be true.

Sorry.

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No Interface by Gates82 · 2005-09-23 05:01 · Score: 1, Redundant

I'm glad my cell phone only interfaces with the cell tower, a power adapter and me. I hate new cell phones, I just want to orally communicate, nothing else. That is what my laptop is for.
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