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Please beware of nokia virus which comes as an application send by pairing device via bluetooth and once accepted it affects bluetooth and wap
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Posted: 2005-03-16 22:25:37
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not much to be afraid of really... first of all it only infects Symbian series 60 phones (no
phones has this system) with bluetooth activated.... second you need to answer yes _twice_ to be "infected", first to accept the incoming bluetooth connection, then again to run the application...
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Posted: 2005-03-16 23:19:08
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This virus can be send via SMS too right
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Posted: 2005-03-17 13:55:52
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Yes
and it already had infected one of my friends 6600
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Posted: 2005-03-17 13:59:32
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So it cannot just be transferred via - 'bluetooth' . . . sms/mms maybe even via gprs
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Posted: 2005-03-17 14:02:02
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stop panicking
the original caribe virus could only spread by bluetooth.
Several mutations could spread by bluetooth as well as forwarding themselves via
MMS (not SMS!!)
You have to bear in mind that this virus is an
application which you will need to physically install on your (Symbian!) phone yourself first.
As long as everybody remembers not to install anything they receive 'unasked for', there is no risk at all.
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Posted: 2005-03-17 14:38:43
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exactly @Vlamm
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Posted: 2005-03-17 14:41:34
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I second that - then !
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Posted: 2005-03-17 14:46:07
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Are there any other viruses affecting S60 phones other than this?
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Posted: 2005-03-17 14:48:13
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there are several viruses for S60 but they are all variations of the same source code
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Posted: 2005-03-17 14:50:20
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