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On 2004-10-07 14:27:05, whizkidd wrote:
... the info was stored in my phone....
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what does that mean??? how was it stored??? as a normal text message or as a directory entry??...
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Posted: 2004-10-07 20:10:38
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Actually a virus on a phone would be possible, anything with storable memory is exposed to be infected
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Posted: 2004-10-07 21:54:28
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No way you could get it via SMS though...unless somehow your service provider was infected, and that's assuming there's some way the SMS transmission could carry a virus...very doubtful. It was probably someone you know. Keep us posted if you find out what it was!
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Posted: 2004-10-07 22:42:03
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The first mobile virus (only transmitted via Bluetooth) was announced recently. You don't have a virus - just a prank or spam.
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Posted: 2004-10-07 23:27:27
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One of my friends can't access the service menu of his T230 after reading this sms. Whenever he tries to delete the sms it won't let him do it and the phone restarts! It must be a bug in the phone sw, but this happened after the anonymous message arrived!
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Posted: 2004-10-07 23:53:54
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Ok this is getting weird now...this happened to more than one person, right? Did it mess up everyone's phone or just this one person? If it just happened to that one guy then it could be a coincidence, but that's very strange that he can't delete that SMS. Can he delete other SMS?
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Posted: 2004-10-08 00:30:03
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Yes he can. I had always thought that viruses don't spread through text messages. But this is wierd stuff! I even called up my operator and they said there was no such sms sent by any of their subscriber nor that of any other operator.
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Posted: 2004-10-08 00:39:06
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Well here is the solution to ur problem...to delete that sms ask ur friend to put his sim card into a nokia phone or any other phone than a se....he will be able to delete that messege.....it is more of a practical joke kind of things.....i got the same kind of problem in my old nokia 8250...and i was able to delete the msg after putting the sim in a motorola phone.......... By the way a dealer near my house told of that se has launched s700....in india....it will be available in one or two days....anybody who comes to know of its prices...'tell it here pls.....
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Posted: 2004-10-08 00:51:35
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I would think that the closest u could get to a virus through SMS would be if ur service provider or an anon party sent new settings to ur phone over the air, which most SE phones support. This could result in weird changes to the operation of phone. This would not be a virus thou, and would be easily fixed.
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Posted: 2004-10-08 00:59:55
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That's just weird, I've never heard anything like that. It's definitely not a virus because it doesn't spread, but if someone did in fact alter your phone over the air that's a bit scary. @icefusion - I believe the current market prices for s700 are around $675-$750 in the US and somewhere around 350-400GBP in Europe.
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Posted: 2004-10-08 01:04:28
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