Mobile Phone Virus Found in United States

[question everything]

Mobile Phone Virus Found in United States

By Spencer Swartz

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The world's first mobile phone virus "in the wild" has spread to the United States from its birthplace in the Philippines eight months ago, a security research firm said on Friday.


The virus, called Cabir, has spread slowly into 12 countries and marks the beginning of the mobile phone virus era, which could one day disrupt the lives of many of the world's 1.5 billion mobile phone users.

The biggest impact of the relatively innocuous virus, found in about 15 variations so far, is draining mobile phone batteries, said Mikko Hypponen, director of Finnish anti-virus research company F-Secure

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050218/wr_nm/tech_security_dc

[Conservativesux]

1. It had to happen sooner or later......

Guess we will have to purchase more expensive, corrupt software from Norton/Symantec to stop it all.

Ya gotta luv those rebates you never get back from them.

Thanks Peter!

[Hillary08]

10. Oh man!

Don't be messin' with my phone!

[Benhurst]

2. I know they are great for people with special needs (single working

mothers, for instance); but from this old curmudgeon's point of view, good riddance!

[Blue to the bone]

3. I still don't own a mobile phone!

I hate to be found.

[Benhurst]

4. Same here! NT

[havocmom]

5. Cool, I won't call you and Blue to the Bone sometime!

Sometimes, happiness is never having to say "hello?" ;)

[Blue to the bone]

6. Or "good bye"! n/t

[havocmom]

8. I will say welcome to the DU, Blue to the bone. Love the screen name!

So there are three of us in America without cell phones? Think we might be the last humans without brain cancer?

[Blue to the bone]

11. Thanks guys!

I'm really enjoying here...some interesting topics of conversation and some very nice people.

[question everything]

12. Does having an ancient (4 yr old) phone on a pre-paid plan

that cost less than $10 a month, no camera, no Internet connection count?

[Conservativesux]

14. No, you need to pray to VerizonCingularSprintNextel to get a pass.

[Benhurst]

7. But I will post one:

:hi:

[havocmom]

9. Back at ya!

[Toucano]

13. Isn't this a matter of national security?

Don't the Washington big wigs and the military use mobile phones?

Has the Dept. of Homeland security prepared anything for this?

What if there's a natural disaster or a terrorist attack? Can a mobile phone virus impact first responders and relief agencies?

[Conservativesux]

15. Pretty sure Firefighters rely on VHF hand-held radios, not wireless phones

[Toucano]

16. Okay that's good.

But I'm pretty sure I donated my old phone to the Red Cross last year.

I assume they wanted it for their use, rather than for sale on ebay.

[reprobate]

17. A small heads up: It's now the Dept of Fatherland Security.

And John 'Himler' Negroponte is in charge of the whole thing.

Lucky us.

God Help America