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| Wiedle | Mar 27 2005, 03:06 AM Post #1 |
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I heard on the news the other day that there is a virus for cell phones that is going around that drains all of your battery power in like a few seconds. It also sends it to everyone in your address book in the form of a text message. It also goes along with all of the text messages/pictures you send. (Don't ask me how you could send one if your batteries out though :huh:). |
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| burners57 | Mar 27 2005, 03:37 AM Post #2 |
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Wierd we had enough of teh Computer viruses now we got a new problem |
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| Hermionecaz | Mar 27 2005, 03:52 AM Post #3 |
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Cell phone virus? I don't really think that's possible unlesss it's this massive thing that usues too much energy. If it's sent in a message you can just delete it... |
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| Meltdown | Mar 27 2005, 05:10 AM Post #4 |
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There has been one form of mobile phone virus around for at least a year, but it is practically harmless, and designed mainly to show the weaknesses in mobile phones. Obviously some people are out to exploit the weaknesses now :@. We're gonna need a mobile phone firewall soon :/. |
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| Wiedle | Mar 27 2005, 01:29 PM Post #5 |
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It says it is from one of your friends though, so unless you call them and ask before you open it, you're toast. |
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| Blah425 | Mar 27 2005, 01:46 PM Post #6 |
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Take my phone its a POS anyways! |
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| Scott T | Mar 27 2005, 01:50 PM Post #7 |
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Joe10 for Admin.
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My nokia seems to getting drained fairly quickly lately, so i might have it How do you check for it? |
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| leviathan | Mar 27 2005, 01:54 PM Post #8 |
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That's bad for people who extensively use thier mobiles/cells. I don't though. |
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| Wiedle | Mar 27 2005, 02:05 PM Post #9 |
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Not sure. The stupid news people didn't really say... :@ I'll check in to it though. EDIT: Heres an article I found on it: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1773580,00.asp And it does say it targets Nokias specifically. |
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| Icedragon88 | Mar 27 2005, 04:52 PM Post #10 |
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Cell phone virus, some people have way to much time on there hands to create such a thing |
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| RagingFuryBlack | Mar 27 2005, 05:04 PM Post #11 |
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nice move by the coders...i wonder what language its in..... Bad for cell users.....glad i dont use a nokia
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| -Dynasty- | Mar 27 2005, 05:06 PM Post #12 |
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Meh, i did compu tech, its all rubbish lol, think about it! nothing can drain your battery except excessive phone use
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| Ignite | Mar 27 2005, 06:12 PM Post #13 |
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I don't doubt it, with all of our advancements in technology there are bound to be downsides like this.
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| Shahzaad | Mar 27 2005, 07:00 PM Post #14 |
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Ive been through dat, i had a Caribe virus, i cleared it out |
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| SmartSquid399 | Mar 27 2005, 07:11 PM Post #15 |
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Yeah we are.
C++, that's what all (from what I know) Cell phones are programmed with.
Not really, if the virus constantly does stuff on your cell phone, that's the same thing as using your cell phone yourself. |
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