Technology services in Ohio - What Is Mobile phone virus?

Online, December 6, 2009 (Newswire.com) - The definition of a mobile phones virus is nothing but a computer virus designed specifically to spread from one vulnerable phone to another which is adapted for the cellular environment. There are two dominant communication protocols which aids in the spread of mobile viruses. The first one being a Blue tooth virus which infects Blue tooth activated phones. The second one is an MMS virus which uses the numbers from the infected phone's address book and copies itself to all mobile phones.

With the increase in usage of smart phones and mobile phones with internet connectivity, the advent of mobile phone virus has been faced by phone users. In 2004, the Cabir was the first mobile phone virus which was unleashed and proved relatively innocuous. The phones which were using the Symbian operating systems were affected mainly by the virus. The virus also did not spare the phones which were using Blue tooth and once inside the phone it also infected other Blue tooth capable devices.

The virus becomes active only if the recipient accepts and installs the file. The virus displays the word "Cabir" once the file is installed and each time the phone is turned on, the virus scans the area for other devices where it can launch itself. This scanning process leads to the draining of batteries. This virus is generally thought of as a hybrid virus or worm, but due to its mode of distribution it is called as a network worm.

Cabir does not cause actual damage and the users can prevent the virus from spreading by simply refusing to accept suspicious files. However, the virus can be made dangerous by altering its code.

In 2005, another worm called the Comm-warrior made its appearance. Similar to Cabir, the Comm-Warrior also launches itself via Blue tooth capable devices and infects other mobile phones too by making automatic replies to text. In 2006, a virus called Trojan horse appeared which is a copy of the cell phone game Doom2 and is downloadable. The Cabir and Comm-Warrior are installed when the game is downloaded and hinders the phone from operating properly.

Another example of the Trojan horse virus is the Red-Browser which proved to be the most expensive for people. The users are charged when the virus makes text calls to a phone number.

The people who do research and study about the mobile phones viruses find that most of the people fail to take the basic precautionary measures. People do not take the time to install the various ant viruses that are available. If your phone has the Bluetooth feature you can set it to "hidden" when the feature is not being used.

The advent of internet saw the competition between computer virus and computer virus hoaxes. This holds true for the mobile phones virus too. These hoaxes are real just as the real viruses. Mobile phone viruses could be riskier than their PC counterparts due to the increased dependency on wireless communication. Despite the fact that there are more than three hundred mobile viruses only little is known about their spreading patterns since there is no data available about the communication and travel patterns of mobile users.

Your mobile phone can be kept clean and free from viruses by contacting any company which offers anti-virus facility. Companies like Technology services in Ohio offer a variety of anti-virus options for your mobile phone which are safe and reliable.

Author Bio:
My name is John Marshal and I am IT Systems Engineer with over 10 Year Experience; L&C Sunshine Technology Services was started with the business fundamentals that a client should be dealt with on a one on one personal level, not treated like an account number.

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