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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."

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  1. Re:Cell Phones by kihjin · · Score: 0, Redundant

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

    Sorry.

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  2. Cue the canned comments ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ... about how "I don't need a phone with all these bells and whistles." Honestly, not everybody is looking for a bare bones phone. Bluetooth can be turned OFF, and a user usually needs to confirm several times that he/she wants to install whatever software came in over the wireless connection. Case in point : why not stick with Lynx or some other browser that isn't vulnerable to the latest IE/Firefox exploits? I use a more fully featured web browser because I want to be able to see more than just text when I surf.

    It's annoying to see the usual canned comments get modded up for being "Insightful".

  3. No Interface by Gates82 · · 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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