Articles tagged with: Virus and Bluetooth

Viral epidemics poised to go mobile

If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans now use these devices. A team headed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, set out to explain why this is true.  more

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The Calm Before the Storm for Mobile Viruses

The anti-virus software house, Kaspersky Lab has released its latest quarterly report. Alexander Gostev, Kaspersky Lab's Senior virus Analyst, described this period as 'the calm before the storm'. In the period under review, there were there were only a few pieces of mobile malware which stood out from the mass of primitive Skuller- like Trojans: Comwar 3.0, Mobler.a, and Acallno. more

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Cellphone Virus Warning for City of London

Anti-virus vendor, McAfee has warned Londoner's using a Bluetooth service in the City of London to beware of Bluetooth transmitted mobile phone viruses. IBM has fitted the trees in the City of London with Bluetooth applications so mobile phone users in the area can access the latest scores from the Wimbledon tennis championships. more

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