E-StoreProtecting mobile phones from viruses
Mobile phones have long outgrown their original purpose of enabling people to talk to each other on the move. They are now multimedia devices which could, in the future , replace a variety of items like game consoles,messaging terminals, music players, digital cameras, security badges,credit cards, digital diaries, health monitors, alarm clocks, newspapers or even tv.
The good news is that you are not at risk if you have a cell phone that enables you merely to talk and SMS. The problem begin if the phone is enabled to handle data and or has Bluetooth capability.
A cellphone virus is quite like computer virus.Once you receive and install the virus, it starts looking for other Bluetooth phones to infect.
What virus does?
The virus sends infected MMS messages to every phone no. in ur address list .Since sending messages is not free, you are actually paying money to send a virus to ur friends . The virus can tamper or delete all the contact details and calender entries in the phone; delete or lock up certain phones applications or crash; show up as games , pornographic material or free downloads; a text messages camouflaged with a stolen the subject line from a friends messages, etc . In all these transfer methods, the user installs it knowingly or otherwise. But clever virus writers have the knack of getting you to open and install the bug by disguising it as a desirable application. Mobile viruses can cause trouble as well as financial losses
Do's and Dont's : Enable Bluetooth only when u need it, Learn to say
'No' if your Bluetooth is on accept only a file that you are expecting. Never accept an unknown file. Avoid downloading unscanned material from sharing networks like games, ringtones and other programmes from legal or official websites. never install any application you are not sure of.
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