For a worm that has no harmful payload, the news of it is spreading like wildfire. Here, we have The Register's take on this new virus: Some useful citizen has written a virus which targets mobile phones running the Symbian operating system. Anti-virus groups received the worm from its authors but it is not yet "in the wild". And, in typical Register fashion: As far as El Reg is aware, the only other way that Bluetooth could facilitate the spread of viruses is if someone indulging in toothing caught an unpleasant STD. In any case, the 29a group appears to either be giving the antivirus companies a running start or they're turning into a group of security folks by writing malicious software to prove holes in the system. |
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