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    viruses through bluetooth

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Quikster, Jun 15, 2004.

  1. Quikster

    Quikster Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    at the moment they target cell phones, but I would think with a simple rewrite it could hit anything on bluetooth.
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/15/symbian_virus/


    and while on the topic here is a virus that targets nokia series 60 phones:
    http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/epoc.cabir.html

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  2. Brian

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    Microsoft must be happy it's not them this time.

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