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Mobile Phone Virus Found in United States
The world's first mobile phone virus, Cabir, has spread to the United States from its birthplace in the Philippines eight months ago, a security research firm said on Friday, reports Reuters. "Unlike computer viruses that spread quickly around the world via the Internet, Cabir spreads slowly because it travels only over short distances through a wireless technology known as Bluetooth. It also requires a user to restart the phone after it has been exposed for the virus to take hold. In cases where Cabir spread to different countries, an infected phone has typically been carried by the user to another country. Cabir has been found in 12 countries ranging from China to the United Kingdom. The danger is small at the moment, in part because of the range of handheld technologies. This is unlike the personal computer world dominated by the Windows operating system made by Microsoft Corp. Also, many handheld device makers have recently released new mobile phones equipped with anti-virus software." (Thanks Piers) |
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