Cell phones to get virus protection

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HANNOVER, Germany--Antivirus company Kaspersky Lab is preparing to release antivirus software for smart phones that use the Symbian operating system.

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[Lebowsky]

oh GOD, whats next, firewalls designed for cellphones?
im sure it will eventually happen.
when will it ever end

[sard]

Just stick to dumb phones and you'll be fine

Do standard Windows antivirus vendors included Symbian viruses in their definitions?

[ronjor]

Do standard Windows antivirus vendors included Symbian viruses in their definitions?

Looks like it. On the NOD32 definitions page, viruses that affect the Symbian OS are listed.

SymbOS/Cabir.K for one and there are many more listed.

http://www.nod32.com/scriptless/supp...htm#CurVersion

Symbian

[ronjor]

Related.

Trojan horses take aim at Symbian cell phones

The Trojan horses target only cell phones that use Symbian, an advanced, or "smart phone," operating system that competes with similar software from Microsoft to bring PC-like capabilities to phones. To date, no phones have been affected, according to Aaron Davidson, chief executive officer of SimWorks.

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