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Virus incomming! |
finbom
Joined: Dec 09, 2003
Posts: 157
From: Sweden
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Viruses on mobiles are very serious.
And my future vision of mobileviruses is that they could do more personal damage.
Example. A virus that calls expensive pay-numbers...
A virus that changes your pin-codes
A virus that steal info from your phone (Today they contaion mail, contacts, visacard numbers, and more)
Yes. Today the threat is nonexistant. I am working much with antivirus solutions and maybe gets a bit paranoid. But I know what a piece of software can do... and that means everything that YOU can do.
The future of this will be interesting too see, but also a bit shitty.
And it doesn't hurt to be a bit in advance.
I just recall thoose days when there was hoax spreading around telling about a new supervirus that was activated even when only opening a mail and without opening the attachement... Even I laughed then. 
But it is very interesting to see how ppl respond to this kind of news.
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marceta
Joined: Mar 08, 2004
Posts: 394
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this worm is pretty crap! the list that finbom says are the things that i am worried about! |
strewth
Joined: Nov 12, 2003
Posts: 82
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and on the BBC news website...
First mobile phone virus created
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finbom
Joined: Dec 09, 2003
Posts: 157
From: Sweden
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Fsecure has confirmed this worm.
more info and some screenshots here.
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/cabir.shtml
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iyiinsan
Joined: Oct 20, 2002
Posts: 366
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I can't imagine your GPRS bill after installing an Antivirus; Updates OTA everyday! |
TigerMitsY
Joined: Jun 15, 2004
Posts: 6
From: Ashton, England
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In England, I just found out about a new virus from the radio. It effects any pc or phone! Dont know wh@ it called but I know it changes os in many formats! Is this true or is it just the media hyping it all up 2 stop ppl from going on-line? |
finbom
Joined: Dec 09, 2003
Posts: 157
From: Sweden
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Im sure its a hype from media.
A virus is just a piece of software. And software only works on the system it is written for.
There are only two ways that I can see for a virus to work on multi-platforms. Java or macro-viruses. Java and (word)-macros do work on many platforms. But to make any real damage the virus still must communicate with other parts of the system, and thats where it would fail.
Regards, Finbom
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TigerMitsY
Joined: Jun 15, 2004
Posts: 6
From: Ashton, England
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Nice on, I thought it was hype! |
Jim
Joined: Jan 20, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Belgium
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On 2004-06-16 07:58:51, finbom wrote:
I just recall thoose days when there was hoax spreading around telling about a new supervirus that was activated even when only opening a mail and without opening the attachement... Even I laughed then.
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You mean on symbian phone, cause on pc it's true
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stewart01
Joined: May 07, 2004
Posts: 170
From: Toronto
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Don't worry about this, I'm certinately not!
1. Its proof of concept writing by an anti-virus company
2. It requires user intervention to get on to your phone, i.e., the user has to press buttons and accept the incoming file.
A few years ago there was a virus in the wild for Palms... and it stopped there.
Actually, a virus for Symbian is kind of good. It means Symbian is popular enough for people to actually bother writing a virus for it.. even though its only proof of concept |
anonymuser
Joined: Dec 17, 2002
Posts: > 500
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@ finbom - i really think you're blowing this out of proportion. the news that malicious software could do bad things to your phone is no news at all, it's true of any open computing device. the key to this is how this naughty software gets to run on that device in the first place, and so far Symbian is proving as resillient to that as it possibly can be, by firstly giving the option not to accept the file at all, and then warning you (as if you weren't already aware) that the file is an unknown program and an untrustworthy one at that.
let's be clear, there's no backdoor being revealed here, and no vulnerability. nothing's been spoofed, or misrepresented by or to the system. nobody's going to click on this thinking its a link, or a document, or a picture etc - it's quite clear this is a program wanting to be installed. so if this "virus" highlights anything, it's the security of the os, and the uselessness of writing a virus for it. |
Swede
Joined: Jun 06, 2004
Posts: 9
From: sweden
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I find it hard to belivie that *anyone* can get so stupied to press OK 3 times  Then again, im not surpriced - i've seen what morons who get virus, trojans, do with their mail. They click on *anything* that arrives to the mailbox
For the P900:
1. You MUST accept the new send by accepting the send (from another bluetooth device - this can be set to never autoaccept files, which is a good idea).
2. You MUST run the file accepted.
3. I'm not 100% sure, but i think the trojan must be installed. And for that procedure, the trojan itself must be "signed" as a installsoftware.
I'd like to see a trojan-maker buy signed signatures
With a friend, we are working on a complete free solution for P800/900, which is a small app, only accepting "call out" from predefined numbers. This will prevent the phone from making any "unwanted" calls. |
kinc
Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 226
From: Bh,England
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How long has P800 been out, and no viruses have infected them as far as I know!
Or 60 series for that matter, as people are saying it is hype even my dad phoned me to warn me 
I do not have bluetooth on unless I'm transferring files.
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TigerMitsY
Joined: Jun 15, 2004
Posts: 6
From: Ashton, England
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I think wh@ ppl are saying is right! If you get a virus on ya phone the its your owen silly fault for lettin it run in the first place.
Simple. You let it run, you pay the conciquence!
I had to make a virus in pascal when i was @ collage and the same rule applyed!
Be smart and dont let one complie in your phone! |
TigerMitsY
Joined: Jun 15, 2004
Posts: 6
From: Ashton, England
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sorry for the type-o's! Im up in 5 hours |
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Posted: 2004-06-16 07:58
