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Virus via text message or a prank? |
MJdub
Joined: May 07, 2004
Posts: 63
From: Who's going with me?
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Ok this is getting weird now...this happened to more than one person, right? Did it mess up everyone's phone or just this one person? If it just happened to that one guy then it could be a coincidence, but that's very strange that he can't delete that SMS. Can he delete other SMS? |
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whizkidd
Joined: May 14, 2004
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From: India
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Yes he can. I had always thought that viruses don't spread through text messages. But this is wierd stuff! I even called up my operator and they said there was no such sms sent by any of their subscriber nor that of any other operator.
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icefusion
Joined: Sep 23, 2004
Posts: 13
From: New Delhi
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Well here is the solution to ur problem...to delete that sms ask ur friend to put his sim card into a nokia phone or any other phone than a se....he will be able to delete that messege.....it is more of a practical joke kind of things.....i got the same kind of problem in my old nokia 8250...and i was able to delete the msg after putting the sim in a motorola phone.......... By the way a dealer near my house told of that se has launched s700....in india....it will be available in one or two days....anybody who comes to know of its prices...'tell it here pls.....
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twerg
Joined: Sep 04, 2004
Posts: 120
From: Hobart, Australia
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I would think that the closest u could get to a virus through SMS would be if ur service provider or an anon party sent new settings to ur phone over the air, which most SE phones support. This could result in weird changes to the operation of phone. This would not be a virus thou, and would be easily fixed.
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MJdub
Joined: May 07, 2004
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From: Who's going with me?
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That's just weird, I've never heard anything like that. It's definitely not a virus because it doesn't spread, but if someone did in fact alter your phone over the air that's a bit scary. @icefusion - I believe the current market prices for s700 are around $675-$750 in the US and somewhere around 350-400GBP in Europe. |
SE Rules
Joined: Oct 07, 2004
Posts: 398
From: London
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In theory it is possible to get viruses on mobile phones. If you check websites such as McAfee, there is actually info on mobile phone viruses, however, to date, they've all been hoaxes. (Lets hope it stays that way.)
Im not sure how a virus could possibly be sent in a text message, as all these contain are text, however, now with MMS it may be possible, also through GPRS...
Who knows
Want to stretch your mind? Try this if you dare!!!Philips Diga > Nokia 3210 > Nokia 3650 >  K750 > Nokia N80 > K800 > K850 |
whizkidd
Joined: May 14, 2004
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From: India
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This was the message: "I have taken control of your phone..... Enjoy your ride..... Jacking begins in 5 mins...... FROM JACKAR" The second message was: " Retrieving your info AUC-09#1869BAR90081CD*# Thank you rahul.a (#airtel) From JACKAR" rahul is my real name and airtel is my service provider. The name rahul was stored in my phones contact list.
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plasmadog
Joined: May 06, 2004
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From: Beantown, India
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i'm sure its a prank...
or a wap push message of some sort.
take it to an se centre whizz.. |
vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
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From: MumBhai
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@Plasma:
even I have recieved the same msg as whiz, "your mobile has been jacked...." imm after that i deleted that msg and restarted the phone but i never recieved the other msg...hopefully i will not as i have deleted the previous one.
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govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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it must be a sw issue... anyway.. i dont think the message can be clever enuf to read ifo from your phone... old 3310,3330 and 315 had a restarter virus.. i have it my 230 now so as to send to friends.. the message once recieved canot be opened and the phone restarts... the option is to put your sim in another phone and delete it.. you cannot do so in a 230... the message is stored in phone memory rather than sim.. if you get the option of save on sim.. then you can change sims and delete the message..(considering that is the issue...) else try a master reset.... then try to access the service menu and c if the error log has increased.... did you try taking it to  centre??
P.S. if anybody needs the restater virus that works with 3310/.3330/3315.. pm me and i will send it to you... |
kimcheeboi
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
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From: Abducted by hot blondes to Les
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what does the phone sw have to do with a mysterious text?
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shyam335
Joined: May 25, 2004
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From: 127.0.0.1
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Yea,i dont think it has something to do with sw,and it was received by a lot of people around his area .
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icefusion
Joined: Sep 23, 2004
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From: New Delhi
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@ mjdub i know the price of s700 in us as it is all over the net........what i was asking was its price in india
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vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
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From: MumBhai
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@ice: its 33600 /- 
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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The recent - CARIBE virus can be transmitted thru:
1. Bluetooth
2. Infra Red
3. SMS
4. MMS
In order to be safe, just don't open the details, just 'delete' it at once !
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Posted: 2004-10-08 00:30
K750 > Nokia N80 > 
