March 11th, 2002, 05:02 AM
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Viruses and cell phones
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For malicious computer hackers and virus writers, the next frontier in mischief is the mobile phone.
A phone virus or "Trojan horse" program might instruct your phone to do extraordinary things, computer security experts say.
It might call the White House or the police with a bizarre hoax.
It might forward your personal address book to a sleazy telemarketing firm.
Or it could simply eat into the phone's operating software, shutting it down and erasing your personal information.
Similar nasty hijinks have already dogged cell phone owners in Japan and Europe.
"If a malicious piece of code gets control of your phone, it can.....
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Read the full story here:
http://europe.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptec....ap/index.html
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