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Monday, December 27, 2004
More about phone viruses
Regarding: "Security experts say plagues like these will target mobile phones, but others contend cell phone viruses are the tech equivalent of smallpox: To the best of anyone's knowledge, they exist only in labs."
Security experts of course give the darkest picture of the virus risk (it's their business), but it would be naive to think that a programmable device (which a Symbian OS or Mobile Windows device is) would not be in the risk zone if users are not careful when downloading and running applications. Also, Bluetooth is quite complex, in part to establish a secure framework for communication, but with complexity comes risks of bugs etc, that viruses can exploit.
Hints:
- Never download and run mobile applications from file sharing networks. You are asking for trouble, as most PC anti-virus software will not know what e.g. a .sis (Symbian OS) application is.
- Disable Bluetooth if you don't use it. A good precaution (however small the risk might be) and it saves on battery.
Yahoo! News - Some Fear Virus Threat to Cell Phones
Security experts of course give the darkest picture of the virus risk (it's their business), but it would be naive to think that a programmable device (which a Symbian OS or Mobile Windows device is) would not be in the risk zone if users are not careful when downloading and running applications. Also, Bluetooth is quite complex, in part to establish a secure framework for communication, but with complexity comes risks of bugs etc, that viruses can exploit.
Hints:
- Never download and run mobile applications from file sharing networks. You are asking for trouble, as most PC anti-virus software will not know what e.g. a .sis (Symbian OS) application is.
- Disable Bluetooth if you don't use it. A good precaution (however small the risk might be) and it saves on battery.
Yahoo! News - Some Fear Virus Threat to Cell Phones
