This post is titled For those of you who has Series 60 Phones, the lot of yas... by author SoulJah. Here's something to feel unsecure about...

New Symbian OS Trojan Found

Yet another new trojan, which has been dubbed MGDropper (also being called METAL Gear.a by some) , has been found for Series60 phones. The virus, which is disguised as a Series60 version of the game Metal Gear Solid, is particulary nasty as it disables anti-virus software before it starts to infect your mobile and those around you.

The way the trojan works is that when the METAL Gear.sis file is installed on the mobile, the virus disables specified anti-virus software on the phone, as well as all file explorers and various other applications. It then installs Cabir.G, a variant of the Sulls Trojan. Once Cabir.G has infected the phone, it uses Bluetooth to look for other phones to infect. When a suitable phone is found, the virus sends it a file called SEXXXY.sis. If the target user accepts the file, the virus will diable the "select" button on that mobile.

So far no anti-virus company has issued removal instructions for this new trojan but Symworks have released a new verion of their Series60 Anti-virus Software that can deal with this new problem. F-Secure have also posted some information about new malware that has been circulating recently. They list Skulls.C, Cabir.F and Cabir.G as the latest threats discovered this Tuesday alone. They also said that MGDropper can't disable their Anti-Virus Program (unlike others) and shouldn't be a problem for users who have F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus Installed.

Source : http://tarek.typepad.com/mobtech/2004/12/new_symbian_os_.html

Whew... Thank god I only have a Series 40 Phone...

Posted by SoulJah at 9:36:00 PM

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