Mobile Phone Virus

[petros]

We received an E Mail at work yesterday that states that if your phone rings and the display reads ACE hang up the call immediately. Apparantly if you answer it you will download a virus that wipes out your sim card. Warning verified by Nokia and Vodaphone and is on the air at CNN apparantly.

[Mr E]

petros said:

We received an E Mail at work yesterday that states that if your phone rings and the display reads ACE hang up the call immediately. Apparantly if you answer it you will download a virus that wipes out your sim card. Warning verified by Nokia and Vodaphone and is on the air at CNN apparantly.

Hoax.

The Email doing the rounds goes on to say it will also wipe your IMEI. Which simply isn't possible for code to do.

If CNN *are* reporting it (and I doubt very much they are) then they're a bigger bunch of sensationalist fools than I thought.

[petros]

that for definate ?

[DanBoy]

I think I've heard this one before...

[bigandclever]

in about 2002 if memory serves

here you go...
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=99320

>> Edited by bigandclever on Friday 15th April 20:03

[petros]

Yup, It's a hoax, Symantec confirm it. whew

[parrot of doom]

Did you know that coca cola can dissolve a Baby's tooth? It was on teh interweb so it must be true!!!!!

[FunkyNige]

parrot of doom said:

Did you know that coca cola can dissolve a Baby's tooth? It was on teh interweb so it must be true!!!!!

It does (well, turns them all squishy but bits do fall off it), we demo it at work.

[m.c]

i actually have some anti-virus software for nokia seiries 60 phones if anyone wants it.

[deva link]

FunkyNige said:

parrot of doom said: Did you know that coca cola can dissolve a Baby's tooth? It was on teh interweb so it must be true!!!!! It does (well, turns them all squishy but bits do fall off it), we demo it at work.

It's also widely used as a contraceptive (again verified on the web).

[towman]

deva link said:

It's also widely used as a contraceptive (again verified on the web).

True.. Put a baby`s tooth in your shoe and it makes you limp.

[sadako]

There is a virus on series 60 phones (nokia symbian smartphones). One programmer managed to make one that would spread via bluetooth. This guy published results and gave advise on how to prevent such a virus, hense why there is an antivirus for series 60. There is however no virus in the wild.

IIRC there was a text message you could send to old nokias that made it crash. You had to take off the battery to turn it off but after that you just deleted it. It was also not able to self replicate, it was just one of your mates being a bastard

[gh0st]

Would you believe that a senior representative from Vodafone Corporate e-mailed my entire company about a blaitent hoax a while ago stating it was true and to watch out for it?!

Once I emailed our mobile phone section of the buisness and CC'd it to voda saying it was a hoax they went strangely quiet.

Honestly...

[Mr E]

gh0st said:

Would you believe that a senior representative from Vodafone Corporate e-mailed my entire company about a blaitent hoax a while ago stating it was true and to watch out for it?!

Oh dear.

[miniandy]

Hoax!

..oh, you already know that