Sunday, October 22, 2006

WARNING TO ALL USERS OF NOKIA 60 SERIES AND OTHER HIGH-END MODELS

TO ALL USERS OF NOKIA 60 SERIES AND OTHER HIGH-END MODELS LIKE THE N SERIES:

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE VIRUS CALLED COMMWARRIOR, WHICH YOU MAY UNKNOWINGLY GET INTO YOUR PHONE VIA BLUETOOTH. ONCE IN YOUR PHONE SYSTEM, IT WOULD RANDOMLY SEND OUT SPAM MMS MESSAGES TO YOUR PHONEBOOK ENTRIES EVERY MINUTE, THUS SENDING OUT THE VIRUS TO YOUR FRIENDS.

MY FATHER WAS VICTIMIZED BY THIS VIRUS, CAUSING HIS PHONE BILL TO SKYROCKET TO A WHOPPING Php6,6000 IN LESS THAN A MONTH! BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE, HERE ARE A FEW MANIFESTATIOS OF THE VIRUS:

* PHONE RANDOMLY CALLS NUMBERS FROM HIS PHONEBOOK WITHOUT PRESSING ANYTHING OR WITHOUT USING ANY SORT OF VOICE COMMAND.
* SPAM MESSAGES ON HIS SENT FOLDER -- NOTE, SENT FOLDER NOT INBOX.
* BLUETOOTH ACTIVITY EVEN WHEN THE BLUETOOTH FUNCTION IS OFF OR HIDDEN. FRIENDS MAY ASK YOU WHY YOU'RE "CONNECTING" TO THEIR PHONE.

FORTUNATELY, SMART COMMUNICATIONS GAVE US INFORMATION ON THIS VIRUS INCLUDING HOW TO GET RID OF IT. THE REST, MY PARTNER JUST LOOKED UP ONLINE. TO SAVE YOUR PHONE, MAKE SURE TO BACK UP ALL DATA ON YOUR PHONE MEMORY AND REFORMAT IT BY PRESSING *#7370#

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMMWARRIOR VIRUS, INCLUDING TECHNICAL DETAILS AND MORE REMOVAL INFORMATION CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE OR COPY/PASTE THIS LINK:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2005-030809-4208-99&tabid=1

PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM IT. THANKS!

2 comments:

Joy-Joy said...

thanks for the info...

Abernathy™ said...

you're welcome! hope you could pass this on to people you know... this commwarrior virus is such a nuisance! it's my dad's first time to use nokia after such a long time and this happens! imagine his disappointment! hahahaha! =p