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kronas

23-09-2004 23:48

nokia implements anti virus to phones

nokia's next phone to be released in october, the nokia 6670 'smartphone' is to have a version of f-secure's anti virus protection software, although the phone will not be shipped with the software users will have to download it from the f-secure website, those wanting updates will have to pay an additional fee per month.

source: yahoo news

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pcworld/117904

nffc	24-09-2004 00:45

Re: nokia implements anti virus to phones

yo well dat iz nokia 4 u innit i iz a wikid chav innit lol lol lol n i iz mngd 2 wrk da nokia now innit lol lol

Seriously, what are the chances of getting a mobile phone virus though?

Tezcatlipoca

24-09-2004 12:58

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Originally Posted by nffc

Seriously, what are the chances of getting a mobile phone virus though?

They're on the way ;)

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Ramrod

24-09-2004 13:14

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Originally Posted by nffc

Seriously, what are the chances of getting a mobile phone virus though?

One of my patients had her bluetooth phone shafted by one, it was a dialler :erm:

ZrByte

24-09-2004 14:07

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

One of my patients had her bluetooth phone shafted by one, it was a dialler :erm:

Isnt it only the multifunction phones such As XDA and its smaller siblings that are vulnrable at the moment though?
e.g. My SE T610 is immune at the moment.

nffc	24-09-2004 14:16

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

One of my patients had her bluetooth phone shafted by one, it was a dialler :erm:

But with BT don't you have to have it activated and accept the file transfer? What a fool...

kronas

24-09-2004 14:19

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Originally Posted by nffc

But with BT don't you have to have it activated and accept the file transfer? What a fool...

usally yes, but if you have authentication switched off...

ZrByte

24-09-2004 14:23

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Originally Posted by kronas

usally yes, but if you have authentication switched off...

Even with authentication switched off you still have to activate the antenna, infact that just makes it doubly stupid of you have the antenna activated.

Ramrod

24-09-2004 14:23

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Originally Posted by ZrByte

Isnt it only the multifunction phones such As XDA and its smaller siblings that are vulnrable at the moment though?
e.g. My SE T610 is immune at the moment.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc

But with BT don't you have to have it activated and accept the file transfer? What a fool...

I have no idea..... :shrug:

kronas

24-09-2004 14:30

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Originally Posted by ZrByte

Even with authentication switched off you still have to activate the antenna, infact that just makes it doubly stupid of you have the antenna activated.

dunno, mine let me in straight away when i was doing it between phone and pc :shrug:

ZrByte

24-09-2004 14:45

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Originally Posted by kronas

dunno, mine let me in straight away when i was doing it between phone and pc :shrug:

Maybe thats not a standard option then, seems wierd that they would leave that out of the config for some phones considdering the enormous power drain bluetooth has. Though that might explain why I found so many phones with no authentification. when I scanned the cafeteria where I work.

dilli-theclaw

24-09-2004 16:55

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I normally have my Bluetooth off completely unless I am actually on the internet...

And - yup - doing the internet with my phone sucks the life out of it :)

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