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Some time or other but this was bound to happen.  First ever computer virus spread by mobile phones has been sent to anti-virus firms.
No infections have been reported and the worm is harmless but it is proof that mobiles are at risk from virus writers. The sound of floodgates opening: the first mobile phone virus has arrived. Symbian is the winning platform. The worm, known as Cabir (Caribe), infects phones and devices running the Symbian operating system. A malicious mobile phone virus could wipe contact numbers and other data stored on the handset, as well as sending out messages purporting to come from the victim’s phone.  “People need to take this seriously and in the same way as we protect our PCs, we need to protect our mobile phones,” said Mr Piercy. What’s next, security patches for mobile phones?