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Caribe virus |
kidd26
Joined: Mar 16, 2005
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Please beware of nokia virus which comes as an application send by pairing device via bluetooth and once accepted it affects bluetooth and wap
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Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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not much to be afraid of really... first of all it only infects Symbian series 60 phones (no  phones has this system) with bluetooth activated.... second you need to answer yes _twice_ to be "infected", first to accept the incoming bluetooth connection, then again to run the application... |
*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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This virus can be send via SMS too right  !
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vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
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Yes  and it already had infected one of my friends 6600 
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*Jojo*
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So it cannot just be transferred via - 'bluetooth' . . . sms/mms maybe even via gprs . . .
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Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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stop panicking
the original caribe virus could only spread by bluetooth.
Several mutations could spread by bluetooth as well as forwarding themselves via MMS (not SMS!!)
You have to bear in mind that this virus is an application which you will need to physically install on your (Symbian!) phone yourself first.
As long as everybody remembers not to install anything they receive 'unasked for', there is no risk at all.
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batesie
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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From: London, UK
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exactly @Vlamm
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*Jojo*
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I second that - then !
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whizkidd
Joined: May 14, 2004
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From: India
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Are there any other viruses affecting S60 phones other than this?
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Vlammetje
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there are several viruses for S60 but they are all variations of the same source code 
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vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
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From: MumBhai
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Humm........nice info mate 
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Posted: 2005-03-16 22:25
