Posted by QuickShare
ok im getting annoyed by my friend about this.. lets cut this short. my friend was complaning that the files that i bluetooth to them (mostly from the Mp3 files..) are infected with virus .. usually im using LimeWire for all the songs in my phone.. but i dont see there's a virus detected on the song i've downloaded so far.. i do use an AVG as a protection though.. any idea about it? perhaps i do need a better virus protection? hope there's a lead on this.. thanks in advance
Posted by *Jojo*
Yeah . . . just what are the signs that your fone was infected with the virus
I'm kinda new to this. Also, is it TRUE what many are saying that Nokia brand fones can easily be infected with the virus (in general) compared with 
ones
Posted by whizkidd
What phone does your friend have? And @jojo- its not that
phones are less susceptible to viruses... Its simply that most "phone" virii are coded for series 60 devices..
Posted by *Jojo*
@whiz - H m m m . . . OK, thanks ! It's just that when I'm at the celfone shops . . . I can see more Nokia user's fones getting the 'viral infection' and almost none with
. . .
Posted by whizkidd
Next time check whether the infected device is a series 60 device! Most probably it will be. Series 40 phones from nokia are as safe (from viruses) as any
phone.
Posted by *Jojo*
@whiz - Sample Nokia 40 & 60 models please . . . thanks!
Posted by whizkidd
Series 60 includes all symbian based smartphones... The likes of 7650, ngage, 6600 to the latest N-series are all based on the symbian os. These phones have an operating system along with their firmware. Series 40 includes 6230, 6270 and the likes...these phones use generic nokia user interface. _________________ Esato Orkut Community!|Esato Awards 2006!
[ This Message was edited by: whizkidd on 2006-08-30 02:03 ]
Posted by *Jojo*
Thanks Whiz !
Posted by blu_6779
can mp3 files get infected?
Posted by *Jojo*
@blu - Perhaps mate . . . anything that can be transferred . . . even plain - SMS can contain viruses . . . Maybe it's not the song that's infected . . . maybe it's the fone of - Quick
Posted by whizkidd
I don't see anyway an mp3 file can be infected.. Unless you download it in a zipped format and the archive contains an unwanted guest...
Posted by blu_6779
some mp3s on limewire are not mp3 files at all, but executables with the extension .mp3 and won't run at all. You'd have to change the extension to .exe or .com for the virus to execute.
Posted by whizkidd
Yup true. But any antivirus should be easily able to identify such files.. And even if the extention is not *mp3, the program might be able to execute.