Security Firms Bicker Over Mobile Viruses

Fijer Nrosikjen writes to mention a ZDNet article about a claim by CA that F-Secure is just spreading FUD over mobile virus code, in order to promote its product. From the article: "CA said criminals do not have an economic incentive to develop malicious code and that the risk of such attacks spreading around smart phones is minimal because of a lack of interoperability between platforms and phone models. Network services don't allow for the fast spreading of code from phone to phone, and user interaction is required for any viruses to spread, the company added. It said F-Secure has created an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty and doubt to sell its product, undermining the relationship of trust that has been established between the industry and vendors. "

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I had a phone virus.

[celardore]

I looked it up on the net, and out what it was. Can't remember off the top of my head though. It's purpose was to spread itself to other Nokia bluetooth enabled devices, and apparently in the early hours of the morning it would call premium rate numbers.

Trouble was, it hammered the battery with its constant bluetooth searching that it would only last a few hours before dying. Plus the constant "bluetooth busy" symbol on the phone was a dead giveaway.

Funilly enough, it was F-Secure that I used to get rid of it.