Quote:
The first of a new breed of viruses has escaped from the laboratory and is spreading through the air. A cluster of cases has been traced to a crowded meeting hall in Singapore, and global travelers may already have carried the infection to Europe and the U.S. Experts fear the bug, for now relatively harmless, may quickly evolve into a more virulent and dangerous form.
The virus is not avian flu or SARS, but Cabir, the first virus targeted at mobile phones (Wall Street Journal link for 2004-11-15 edition, registration required).
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Now, what was
poo-poohed in June as 'unlikely to spread' is now appearing in the wild.
Fortunately, it only
affects Symbian 60 phones with Bluetooth, and requires the user to consent to accept it; not once, but twice, you have to tell your mobile you're stupid. at least, until someone hacks the code to remove the 'ask-me-twice' warning.
Of course, there
are no stupid users, as those of us in the PC cupholder support community can attest.
However, if you are the family techie, and a less advanced lifeform with your phone number has one of the phones listed in the second link above, it probably would behoove you to 'splain 'tings to him.
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