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Hmmm.... No virus reported yet.... But you are insisting it was a virus! I really do hope it isn't!
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Posted: 2005-10-08 23:16:00
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No dude, here look at the facts...
My phone stopped sending TXT messages...
My Internal Storage space, was zapped and there was no space on the drive..
I deleted some stuff...
5 minutes later the drive was full up again.
Sounds like a typical Virus to me, I mean, I have had numerous virus' on windows that do this...
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Posted: 2005-10-09 13:37:41
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Lazarus,
Do some research.
THERE IS NO VIRUS.
What can you expect, pay for your apps fella.
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Posted: 2005-10-09 13:56:59
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WOWee! maybe if you've "discovered" a "virus" they'll name it after you!
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Posted: 2005-10-09 14:05:27
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Hehe!
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Posted: 2005-10-09 14:14:18
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Actually, I think I have heard of this one. I'm sure there was some article floating around in a Computer magazine about a Symbian virus which was spread through downloading some cracked app.
I'll have to see if I can find it.
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Posted: 2005-10-09 15:58:08
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This is from the BBC website
The first ever computer virus spread by mobile phones has been sent to anti-virus firms.
No infections have been reported and the worm is harmless but it is proof that mobiles are at risk from virus writers.
The worm, known as Cabir, infects phones and devices running the Symbian operating system.
Anti-virus firms are divided on whether it will open the floodgate to similar viruses
It is a milestone in the timeline of viruses but technically is not that special," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus.
When the infected file is launched the mobile phone's screen displays the word "Caribe".
Every time the mobile phone is turned on, the worm will launch itself and scan the area for other phones to infect, sending a copy of itself to any it finds
Proof of concept
Because the worm requires Bluetooth technology to travel, it is geographically constrained to a radius of about 30 metres.
Then it is dependent on someone having Bluetooth turned on within that range.
And as a final blow to its progress, any unsuspecting phone user in the vicinity would have to accept the virus which would be preceded by a warning that the source of the file is unknown.
Anti-virus firm F-Secure was among a handful of security companies to receive the virus, which it believes to have come from a group of virus writers known as 29a.
The group is credited with the release of the recent Rugrat virus
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Posted: 2005-10-09 16:14:57
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mmm yeh, thats symbian 60 tho, not UIQ
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Posted: 2005-10-09 16:47:41
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On 2005-10-09 13:56:59, matt69 wrote:
Lazarus,
Do some research.
THERE IS NO VIRUS.
What can you expect, pay for your apps fella.
If you read up a post, that THERE IS NO VIRUS, speech you so eloquently rollllled off, becomes slightly... Stupid now doesnt it?
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Posted: 2005-10-10 22:26:39
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Gee whiz, you're an amicable fellow aren't you?
If YOU read up a post you'll see that there is no virus for uiq.
Now let's stop this argument shall we?
Right or wrong, this is tedious.
Chill.
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Posted: 2005-10-12 23:43:45
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