Symbian phones targeted as carriers for Windows worm
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| Anti-virus company F-Secure has posted details of a Windows virus which
| can use a Symbian handset to transport itself between systems. The
| Mobler worm infects a Windows system, hides the Windows folder and sets
| about copying itself into different directories and on to any removable
| media available.
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| It also creates a Symbian installation file which, if executed by an
| unwary user, installs a copy of the virus onto any removable media on
| the handset. Once there it depends on a curious user to execute it
| when attached to another computer.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/06/symbian_virus_carrier/
...A bit like Windows worms that infect other Windows PC's by infiltrating
and passing through Linux mail servers. The vast majority of mail messages
are sent from Windows 'zombies' -- those which got infected by viruses and
worms in the first place.
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