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| |  Web News: Need a Virus Scan for Your Phone? Yes You Do!
Trojan horses take aim at Symbian cell phones  | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | | | The recent discovery of a large number of malicious mobile phone programs should raise concerns throughout the wireless industry, according to a virus tracker.
Cell phone antivirus software company SimWorks reported Wednesday that 52 new Trojan horses are hidden inside several different cell phones games and other readily available mobile phone software. While the software appears to be safe to share or use, the Trojans actually contain malicious software that crashes many critical cell phone system components.
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.
Smart phones continue to represent just a tiny percentage of overall cell phones sold. But many analysts and cell phone industry insiders say that as these advanced operating systems become more common over the next decade, cell phone viruses will become more widespread as well. | |  | |  | | |
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