Post: Cell Phone Viruses !!!
08-26-2008, 07:34 PM #1
A©ID
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The first known cell-phone virus appeared in 2004 and didn't get very far. Cabir.A infected only a small number of Bluetooth-enabled phones and carried out no malicious action.
These viruses are spread by Internet downloads,Bluetooth wireless connection,Multimedia Messaging Service.

These are the cell-phones viruses

Cabir.A
First reported: June 2004
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Bluetooth
Harm: none
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Skulls.A
First reported: November 2004
Attacks: various Symbian phones
Spreads via: Internet download
Harm: disables all phone functions except sending/receiving calls
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Commwarrior.A
First reported: January 2005
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Bluetooth and MMS
Harm: sends out expensive MMS messages to everyone in phonebook (in course of MMS replication)
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Locknut.B
First reported: March 2005
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Internet download (disguised as patch for Symbian Series 60 phones)
Harm: crashes system ROM; disables all phone functions; inserts other (inactive) malware into phone
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Fontal.A
First reported: April 2005
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Internet download
Harm: locks up phone in startup mode; disables phone entirely
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I think now there are more running on mobiles that its owner doesnt know about it!!
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The following 2 users say thank you to A©ID for this useful post:

elfmotat, Ezexx
08-26-2008, 07:48 PM #2
Ezexx
Vault dweller
I hope my phone dosn't have this crap in it.
08-26-2008, 07:59 PM #3
A©ID
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lets all hope that we doesnt have any of this crap,i made this thread to alert you, dont leave the bluethooth on, that is one of the reasons from where the virus can infect your cell-phone
08-26-2008, 08:40 PM #4
wow that sucks man..
08-26-2008, 08:49 PM #5
lol non of my phones ever had any of the viruses Happy
08-26-2008, 09:17 PM #6
Dandyman2
The Only Krazy
Originally posted by lordafi View Post
lol non of my phones ever had any of the viruses Happy
you might not know that it does though
08-27-2008, 10:37 PM #7
NGUWhitey
NGU's OG
Ok Well I Think That I Will Not Happen To Me Because That Looks Like It Only Happend to 7 People So Lol.
08-28-2008, 03:39 PM #8
shadeyb
bury me a G
lol hope mine gets some Happy
it'll give me a reason to get a new one

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