-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Articles of interest??? celular phone virus Cabir
- From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:24:42 -0800
maybe I phrased that wrong...if cell phones can pick up viruses, do they
come via internet connection? Mine has that capability but I don't use it.
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From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:36 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Articles of interest??? celular phone virus
Cabir
Hi ML,
no it is transmited via celluar telephones.
F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Cabir
www.f-secure.com/v-descs/cabir.shtml
Cabir is a bluetooth using worm that runs in Symbian mobile phones that=
support Series 60 platform.
Cabir replicates over bluetooth connections and arrives to phone messaging=
inbox as caribe.sis file what contains the worm. When user clicks the=
caribe.sis and chooses to install the Caribe.sis file the worm activates=
and starts looking for new devices to infect over bluetooth.
When Cabir worm finds another bluetooth device it willstart sending=
infected SIS files to it, and lock to that phone so that it won't look=
other phones even when the target moves out of range.
Please note that Cabir worm can reach only mobile phones that support=
bluetooth, and are in discoverable mode.
Symantec Security Response - SymbOS.Cabir
... Cabir [F-Secure], EPOC/Cabir.A [Computer Associates], Symb/Cabir-A=
[Sophos],
EPOC_CABIR.A [Trend], Symbian/Cabir [McAfee]. ... Virus Definitions=
(Intelligent Updater ...
securityresponse.symantec.com/ avcenter/venc/data/epoc.cabir.html
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On 3/10/2005 at 1:26 PM milady wrote:
I am wondering about the cell phone virus problem..Is this something that
only can be acquired thru internet connect via cell?...
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