ECA
03-29-2005, 11:33 AM
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/03272005/biz_nati/72262.htm
Its getting worse...
He said the appearance of cell-phone viruses that can be transmitted through wireless connections were only theoretical until a year ago, when a version of the Cabir virus turned up on two cell phones displayed behind glass windows in a California cell-phone store.
The exact method of infection isn’t known, but it’s suspected that a passer-by transferred the infected viruses through a wireless connection.
Huger said the first generations of the virus were innocuous, but the virus writers released their computer source codes on the Internet, providing vital information to other virus writers. Other versions are appearing that keep cell-phone connections active to run down the battery and run up fees.
"The first version was Cabir-A, and we’re already up to Cabir-T," he said.
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Its getting worse...
He said the appearance of cell-phone viruses that can be transmitted through wireless connections were only theoretical until a year ago, when a version of the Cabir virus turned up on two cell phones displayed behind glass windows in a California cell-phone store.
The exact method of infection isn’t known, but it’s suspected that a passer-by transferred the infected viruses through a wireless connection.
Huger said the first generations of the virus were innocuous, but the virus writers released their computer source codes on the Internet, providing vital information to other virus writers. Other versions are appearing that keep cell-phone connections active to run down the battery and run up fees.
"The first version was Cabir-A, and we’re already up to Cabir-T," he said.
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