Virus threat in Indian mobiles is real

Mobile Internet, The, Dec, 2004

According to Niraj Kaushik, country manager (India) of Trend Micro, the virus threat to mobile phones can be more potent than ever imagined. If the handset is hacked into by a deadly virus, it is capable of controlling the cellphone and destroying the data stored in the mobiles.

Trend Micro has recently released a free trial of new protection from mobile-device "malware" (malicious software) that attack mobile phones. Due to the rising popularity of data-centric mobile phones and personal digital assistant (PDAs), these devices could become attractive targets for virus writers in the future, according to Kaushik. There have been instances of viruses--which have been harmless so far--hitting mobile phones, but the future doesn't seem too secure.

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