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Subject: First cell phone virus

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Betty

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Date Posted: 12:15:54 06/17/04 Thu
In reply to: Betty-repost 's message, "PCs infested with 30 pieces of spyware" on 11:05:02 04/16/04 Fri

Cabir, the first virus to infect cell phones , was not designed to propagate massively, but rather to demonstrate that these kinds of devices can be infected by malicious code.

"This is a proof-of-concept worm," Patrick Hinojosa, CTO of Panda Software, told NewsFactor. "We won't see it spread very rapidly, because there are a number of physical limitations to keep it from mass replicating."

The Cabir code spreads to devices that run on the Symbian OS, which is used in many models of phones, including some manufactured by Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericcson.

Once a phone is infected, the virus spreads to other phones using Bluetooth technology.

Since Bluetooth's transmission range is 30 feet, Hinojosa explains, the virus is only able to jump from phone to phone within that range.

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