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MOTOhooligan · 08-11-2004, 5:38 PM

It has only the been last couple of months that anti-virus companies have uncovered the first two handheld viruses, one for Symbian smartphones and the other for Pocket PC PDAs and phones. Fortunately, reformed virus writers created these worms—EPOC.Cabir for Symbian and WinCE.Dust for Pocket PC— as members of 29a, an international group of programmers that specialize in proof-of-concept viruses.

So EPOC.Cabir and WinCE.Dust were developed not to create havoc but to prove that malicious code for handhelds could be generated.

Unfortunately, a less "noble" virus writer paid attention and took 29a's warning as a call to mischief...or worse. He set forth the first Trojan Horse for Pocket PCs. Discovered today by a number of anti-virus companies.
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Bugwart · 08-27-2004, 10:33 PM

Now I need an anti-virus solution for my smartphone.

MOTOhooligan · 08-28-2004, 7:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugwart

Now I need an anti-virus solution for my smartphone.

Pretty soon even non-smart phones will be "smart" enough to need antivirus protection. What scares me is that some

genius figured out how to transmit a virus via Bluetooth.

08-11-2004, 5:38 PM	#1
MOTOhooligan Droid you're looking for Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chili Town Posts: 6,705 Phone(s): a855, V3t, v620 Provider(s): Voicestream Wireless Devices: Motorola S805, Motorola HS350, Apple MacBook Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts Images: 21	Malicious Code Exploits Backdoor in PDA Security It has only the been last couple of months that anti-virus companies have uncovered the first two handheld viruses, one for Symbian smartphones and the other for Pocket PC PDAs and phones. Fortunately, reformed virus writers created these worms—EPOC.Cabir for Symbian and WinCE.Dust for Pocket PC— as members of 29a, an international group of programmers that specialize in proof-of-concept viruses. So EPOC.Cabir and WinCE.Dust were developed not to create havoc but to prove that malicious code for handhelds could be generated. Unfortunately, a less "noble" virus writer paid attention and took 29a's warning as a call to mischief...or worse. He set forth the first Trojan Horse for Pocket PCs. Discovered today by a number of anti-virus companies. More... __________________ iDon't but Droid does.

08-27-2004, 10:33 PM	#2
Bugwart Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Posts: 951 Phone(s): Samsung SCH i760,, Samsung M600, SGH-R220,, Moto SLVR L7, many retired Provider(s): SKT, Verizon, China Mobile, EPlus Devices: Nuvi 855 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Malicious Code Exploits Backdoor in PDA Security Now I need an anti-virus solution for my smartphone.

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