Cell phone viruses pose serious threat

axial · May 22, 2009

ScienceDaily (May 22, 2009) — If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans now use these devices. A team headed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, set out to explain why this is true.
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"We haven't had a problem so far because only phones with operating systems, so-called 'smart phones', are susceptible to viral infection," explained Marta Gonzalez, one of the authors of the publication. "Once a single operating system becomes common, we could potentially see outbreaks of epidemic proportion because a mobile phone virus can spread by two mechanisms: a Bluetooth virus can infect all Bluetooth-activated phones in a 10-30 meter radius, while Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) virus, like many computer viruses, spreads using the address book of the device. Not surprisingly, hybrid viruses, which can infect via both routes, pose the most significant danger."
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521161531.htm

Mrkvonic · May 26, 2009

Bluetooth at 30 meters? Really. So at 31 m I'm safe. 30 meters for Bluetooth means your battery will drain in about 4 seconds as you have a 4GW thingie going on there.

The article just needlessly scares people. The opening sentence says it all. No I have not experienced the aftermath of ... And there is no reason why your phones or what not should get infected any more than your PC should get infected.

Fear malicious Bluetooth whatever - turn if off. Damn, that was simple.

Mrk

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