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Antivirus firm says it has detected first mobile-phone worm
One of the protections we Pocket PC owners have enjoyed over the years is that our devices aren't plagued with viruses or haven't needed Antivirus software to run. One of the reasons for this, is that the Pocket PC isn't really an "always networked" type of device. Instead we sync and move, sync and move think of yourself as a boxer in the ring :P . It is difficult for a PPC virus to spread because it would have to not only target the Pocket PC in question, but have to weed it's way through Activesync and a host desktop as well.
With that said, Kapersky Labs Ltd said they found the first smartphone virus that can target Symbian OS phones and devices. Even though the virus hasn't spread into the wild, the virus concept is expected to be a blueprint for more viruses targeting Smartphone devices down the road. "Cabir is a network worm that infects phones running Symbian Ltd.'s mobile-phone operating system. No infections have been reported. Cabir may be a proof-of-concept worm from an international group of virus writers known as 29a that's credited with the release of a recent virus, Rugrat, that targets Windows 64-bit operating systems, Moscow-based Kaspersky said.
Cabir spreads between mobile phones using a specially formatted Symbian operating system distribution (or SIS) file disguised as a security management utility. When the infected file is launched, the mobile phone's screen displays the word Caribe, and the worm modifies the Symbian operating system so that Cabir is started each time the phone is turned on.
Once it has infected a mobile phone, Cabir scans for other vulnerable phones using Bluetooth wireless technology, then sends a copy of itself to the first vulnerable phone it finds, Kaspersky said."
A company claim to have found a virus that never have attacked anyone, second according to Symantec info about that virus it tries to copy it self to any available BT device "if the transmition is acepted". Will you acept a file no knowing from where it's coming? Will you have your BT on in your phone the whole day wasting battery?
Like the same news says, theorically it's possible, practically is not.
I can create a virus for Pocket PC and you can too. Let's code the Hard Reset procedure in a exe that we will call with a game name and let's put it in Kazaa. Can that be called a virus?
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