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A New Pack Of Trojans
John Stith
Staff Writer
2006-01-25
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Just when you thought you'd run out of Trojans, you find a few more. These Trojans work through the cell phone. These viruses can be dangerous, but with protection they can be stopped.
The first three - Bootton.E, Pbstealer.D and Sendtool.A - are all considered to be stoppable. Bootton.E was picked up on last week. While infection levels are low, the Booten.E could be potentially nasty as it restarts the mobile and releasing corrupted components that cause a reboot to fail. This now means the cell phone won't work.
The Pbstealer.D roots through contact lists, notepads and calendar lists and then sends them on via Bluetooth. The Sendtool.A sends out the nasty software like the Pbstealer and it does it through Bluetooth.
These combined with the Kama Sutra virus running around have people a little jumpy regarding their computer. The Kama Sutra is slated to drop it's load next week on Feb. 3rd and security folks think it's going to be nasty because it's going to erase files.
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John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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