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WHAT??? I can get a virus in my phone?
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Posted: 2002-11-22 11:07:00
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nookiehunter Posts: > 500
maybe a virus for those phones with an OS... i dont think a virus can invade a T68i... where will it stick to? the memory? naaaahhh...
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Posted: 2002-11-22 12:05:00
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Sorry too say that but it is possible on simple phone without java or things like that, it's spread via sms message ... 2 or 3 years ago we had an alert from proximus that a virus is spreading trough cell phones it copys your sim it and send the data to the creator so he can use your card and your money !!!!
How it works ??? Well you receive a sms from proximus ( it's a number of proximus but it's not proximus ) it ask you to reply to the message because of testing something ( don't remember all the thing ), you see that it is from proximus so you think that it's secure and that you can trust the message, you reply to the message and ........... voila say goodbye too your money
This is real !!!!! But now the network is secured for things like that so this virus doesn't work anymore ...... I think
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Posted: 2002-11-22 12:26:00
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Im not sure if it was a virus or not, but i recieved a sms, which would not go away, and would not allow me to delete it, had to reset my phone to get rid of it. Not sure but i think it was a virus.
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Posted: 2002-11-22 13:30:00
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That was probably a bug in the software in your phone!
There are loads of HOAX virus scares made up by trouble makers, as yet there are no known malicious viruses on GSM handsets.
OTA settings can mess up your configurations etc. but you have to be sent one from a computer and you have to accept it first - it's not really a virus as it is not spread from phone to phone, and it's no worse than you manually messing up your WAP profile etc.
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Posted: 2002-11-22 16:31:00
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yeah that is the problem, every thing goes wrong with the phone we say hey its a bug.... but what if its a virus in reality???
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Posted: 2002-11-22 16:54:00
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"2 or 3 years ago we had an alert from proximus that a virus is spreading "
Proximus is one of our operator !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 2002-11-22 17:28:00
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When the 7110 came out there was a proper virus which was created in the birth of WAP at around the same time. Basically open an e-mail with an atatchment and voila you have the virus. What this did was make calls and stuff by going through ur phone book or somethin so basically it used up all your money.
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Posted: 2002-11-23 02:04:00
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Its possible! But right now i think viruses from pc cant harm any of your handset. Its a different platform. Maybe if they get to design a virus for mobile devices
This post was posted from a Nokia 7650
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Posted: 2002-11-23 02:32:00
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I read somewhere; jpeg pictures can carry virus. it means you can email it(picture with virus)..
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Posted: 2002-11-23 02:38:00
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