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the secret is out viruses can be send to phones by java a few siemens SL45i have crashed and viruses for the nokia 7650 are ready to make them crash allsow.
dont worry the T68 seems harmless for now.
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:08:00
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it is only natural that viruses would eventually be made for mobile phones. As they get more advanced and more compatible with PC standards, more and more will be released. At least we dont have to worry!
but this has got me thinking, does any one remember those flashing text messages that were all the craze once. THey could only work on nokia phones. It was a little bit of code sent at the start of the message to make it flash, surely if this is possible it would be possible to write some code that would delete phone book entries...?!?
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:12:00
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I dont think its possible to program a Virus for a phone, how should it work? And how should you get in the phone.
Oki lets say by SMS, but the only thing you send with SMS is txt. You can attach pics in it, or sounds, but how should you get a virus attached?
I dont think we will se any viruses for phone s in a long time, maybe when they starts to appear with OS (OperatingSystem) like Windows and so on..
kicks ass with NO virus
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:27:00
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by e-mail java programms and maby MMS.
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:31:00
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But cant get a virus from an email sent to the phone with attachments? Isnt it so that you omly can read the Topics and the content of the mail and needs a computer to se the attachment?
And MMS isnt anything else but pics with sound and slides if you wants to?
kicks ass, lets go 4 the new T68i
[ This Message was edited by: mrNoodles on 2002-03-02 13:34 ]
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:33:00
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im not saying it is likely to happen in the next couple of years, but it is possible.
if i sent begin:emelody
or what ever i send if i wanted to send someone my ringtone, they will recieve the message in the form of a ringtone. What if there was a security hole in this, in which it was possible to create and mass produce viruses.
it would be easy to spread, just attach a funny joke onto the message, and people are bound to forward it on to others. Kind of like a chain letter.
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:34:00
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no you can send emails whit viruses
or when you watch java programms on wap then can have viruses
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:35:00
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>>MixiN
Hmm you might have a point there..But its still "only might be a security hole.."
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:35:00
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the only problem is, if there was a security hole, we would only find out after it had been exploited, when people had suffered the consequences of the virus
think the best thing to do is to turn your phone off, never accept calls and never accept any SMS!
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:40:00
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>>MixiN
thats a good one
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Posted: 2002-03-02 13:41:00
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