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Mobile Viruses - Is This Genuine??
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| Jack Ouzzi 2005-07-27, 5:49 pm |
| Copy of an e-mail (virus free) received today:
Dear All
This warning comes via Sussex Police and is genuine.
All mobile users pay attention if you receive a phone call and your
mobile phone displays (XALAN) on the screen don't answer the call, END
THE CALL IMMEDIATELY, if you answer the call, your phone will be
infected by a virus. This virus will erase all IMEI and IMSI
information from both Your phone and your SIM card, which will make
your phone unable to connect with the telephone network. You will have
to buy a new phone. This Information has been confirmed by both
Motorola and Nokia. There are over 3 Million mobile phones being
infected by this virus in all around the world now.
You can also check this news in the CNN web site. PLEASE FORWARD THIS
PIECE OF INFORMATION TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS HAVING A MOBILE THIS IS THE
NEXT BIG THING HACKERS ARE INTO.
Yours sincerely
Ernie SWEENEY
Secretary Worthing & District
NARPO
01273 452407
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| Matt Wheeler 2005-07-27, 5:49 pm |
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"Jack Ouzzi" <mick.sturbes@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122495562.065579.24320@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Copy of an e-mail (virus free) received today:
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> Dear All
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> This warning comes via Sussex Police and is genuine.
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I'm confident this is a hoax... although that is not to say that there
are no mobile phone viruses, because there are.
The only viruses for mobiles I'm aware of are all categorised (by
Mcafee at least) as Symbian/<name>, ie they only affect symbian based
smartphones, and even then rely on the user saying yes to the
installation of the application that then infects their phone.
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| Jack Ouzzi wrote:
I know you already got this one, but the warning signs were there...
> You can also check this news in the CNN web site. PLEASE FORWARD THIS
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> PIECE OF INFORMATION TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS HAVING A MOBILE THIS IS THE
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> NEXT BIG THING HACKERS ARE INTO.
forward this...to all your friends
Obvious hoax...
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| Jack Ouzzi 2005-07-28, 5:48 am |
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JM wrote:
> Jack Ouzzi wrote:
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> forward this...to all your friends
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> Obvious hoax...
Yep your right, I'm just getting older and slowing down ;-)
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| mick.sturbes@gmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> This warning comes via Sussex Police and is genuine.
The warning may be genuine, but the contents most certainly are not.
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Regards
Jon
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| mobileshoporg@despammed.com 2005-07-28, 11:48 pm |
| On 27 Jul 2005 13:19:22 -0700, "Jack Ouzzi" <mick.sturbes@gmail.com>
wrote:
>This warning comes via Sussex Police and is genuine.
Right. So Sussex Police has been infiltrated by morons, has it?
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