Smartphone worm

My friend just returned from vacation in India, and kept complaining
that his friends (including me)were calling to ask if he had sent them a
text message in the middle of the night, only to find out he had picked
up a bluetooth worm common in India and several other companies-virus
software easily removed it, and we will be calling Cingular to see how
many messages were sent. Be careful out there...

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/anal...mbcomwara.html

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According to the site it only affects Symbian OS's and Not MS (for once)



"Mike M" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My friend just returned from vacation in India, and kept complaining that
> his friends (including me)were calling to ask if he had sent them a text
> message in the middle of the night, only to find out he had picked up a
> bluetooth worm common in India and several other companies-virus software
> easily removed it, and we will be calling Cingular to see how many
> messages were sent. Be careful out there...
>
> http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/anal...mbcomwara.html

It is alleged that Mark Abdo claimed:

>According to the site it only affects Symbian OS's and Not MS (for once)

Virus writers go after the largest target. On cellphones, that's
currently Symbian.

--
Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol

"It would represent a loss of face for me to communicate with an
inferior race." (Taq/Correlilmurzon, B5 "Acts Of Sacrifice")

It also appears that you have to ok the installation...

"Mark Abdo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
: According to the site it only affects Symbian OS's and Not MS (for
once)
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: "Mike M" <[email protected]> wrote in message
: news:[email protected]...
: > My friend just returned from vacation in India, and kept
complaining that
: > his friends (including me)were calling to ask if he had sent them
a text
: > message in the middle of the night, only to find out he had picked
up a
: > bluetooth worm common in India and several other companies-virus
software
: > easily removed it, and we will be calling Cingular to see how many
: > messages were sent. Be careful out there...
: >
: > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/anal...mbcomwara.html
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