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Possible to get virus in P900? |
Scott_b
Joined: Dec 30, 2003
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good question - ill give it a try!
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WildCard#!
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Any luck?
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oferlaor
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emails are not automatically capable of launching anything, so unless someone makes a worm specifically targeting UIQ systems, it won't work... |
nk8
Joined: Jul 11, 2003
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as you can do pretty much anything with C++, you could very easily create a sis installation file that would erase data from the phones user internal or external memory, it'd be easiest to create one that deletes the used internal usable memory (not ram or rom)
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energetic
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@WildCard#!
@scott_b
I tried to scan my P900 through the antivirus but there is no path that points to the device.
I even tried by right-clicking my mobile icon but no scan option was available.
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Vlammetje
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On 2004-01-28 21:54:43, electrichamster wrote:
The Japanese DoCoMo network had trouble with a virus that propagated via text message and caused the phones to call the Japanese equivalent of 999 periodically last year.
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I am sorry but this is a hoax. Viruses cannot spread in text messages. text messages or nothing but exactly that: TEXT!
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energetic
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Since viruses infect files maybe they can be transfered through them into the P900. If for example I have an infected excel file and transfer it to my P900 without knowing it will stay there as well. Now what will happen its another story.
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Lordmike
Joined: Apr 29, 2003
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A Windows virus can harm UIQ just as much as it can harm Mac/Linux/UNIX/*BSD/"OS/2" etc. That is, if you got an infected excel file. So? Nothing will happen because the virus in the excel file will just affect windows.
A virus has certain signatures written all over it. A normal anitvirus would probably see it and delete it before it hit the P800/P900. That is if you check all your downloaded files before using them. (which most users don't... like me  )
Do backups and then you wont need to worry. They will overwrite any possible viruses one makes for UIQ. Since it can't affect the rom. 
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gola
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It's almost 2008,well,is it now possible for a symbian phone to get a virus from just surfing the net?
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Nipsen
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...no. The "danger" is that you'll install something you don't know what is, which then uses access to external services to connect out automatically, or receive connections whenever you're opening a connection out, and so on. Which basically means that it's not a virus, and it won't spread uncontrollably. Since the user needs to explicitly accept it.
I mean, let's be honest here - the main reason "viruses" spread like plagues on networks is because certain OS smiths think it's an awesome idea to leave the system not only wide open, but also have an immense range of hooks that can be directly accessed through an external or internal network without any form of authentication. By default, without the user knowing a damn thing about what's going on.
Sorry... All calm now. And I didn't even mention "Microsoft" *ghaack!*
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_LAU_
Joined: Sep 10, 2004
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Most of the topics discussed here are irrelevant on Symbian 9.1
These new OSes are so safe that viruses have almost no chance.
If theory, there will never be real necessity for an AntiVirus on these phones.
This safety is really a pain in the @ss for programmers (Symbian Signing, etc), so it better be working really well!
[ This Message was edited by: _LAU_ on 2007-12-19 10:52 ] |
DagMX
Joined: Aug 15, 2007
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There are two forms of viruses, user accepted and hidden(a.k.a exploits).
The user accepted ones are far more common as they can be just built as a program and then it's upto the developer to trick the users into installing it. However, it has to be symbian signed and has to give the impression that it is doing something since symbian 9 and above don't let applications run without the users consent. Therefore it's a bloody pain and useless for virus-developers to make this even though it is the easiest way.
The hidden method piggybacks information into a file and relies on exploting the way a program or the OS does certain things to have any effect. However I believe again that symbian 9 and above sandbox all applications so they can't affect others without the user knowing and they can't modify anything important either.
Therefore while it is feasible to develop a mobile virus for UIQ3, it's a pain in the but and given the low numbers of UIQ3 phones, your pretty safe. Anti-viruses are just a scams for most operating systems apart from older mobile ones and most flavors of windows. |
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Posted: 2004-01-29 19:42
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