Your phone might get sick
A Trojan horse has been created that causes smart phones to crash, security software maker F-Secure has warned.
The Finnish company posted details of the Trojan horse, which they’ve named Fontal.A, on Wednesday. Fontal.A affects Nokia Series 60 handsets running the Symbian operating system. The advisory did not say whether any infections had been reported.
- excerpt from CNET News. com report
Are we the only ones wondering if there’s some fishy going on here? Why are Symbian-based smartphones and PDA phones primary targets of viruses and other nasty stuff? The is no doubt that other operating systems would have its vulnerabilities too, but this is getting outright bad for Symbian.
Does make one think twice on your choices for high-tech phones, doesn’t it … and just maybe - this is what they virus writers have in mind.