感染智能手机的“蚊子”病毒

<P>Mosquito virus bites smart phones

By Ben Charny
CNET News.com
August 12, 2004, 6:55 PM PT
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<P>A new virus is making the rounds that forces some cell phones based on the Symbian operating system to generate pricy text messages. </P>
<P>这种病毒可以感染使用Symbian操作系统的手机。</P>
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The virus is within an illegal version of the cell phone game Mosquito that is now available for free on the Internet and peer-to-peer networks, according to a statement from Symbian, the company that licenses the operating system of the same name.</P>
<P>病毒隐藏在一个名为“蚊子”的手机游戏中。</P>
<P>Once installed, the game may cause phones to send text messages to premium rate numbers in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland without the user's approval or knowledge, Symbian said. Deleting the game rids users of the problem, the company said.
"The Mosquito Trojan is a clear indication that users need to be aware of the risks of downloading and installing illegal or pirated software," Symbian said. "Symbian believes that mobile security is the responsibility of the entire industry. It requires cooperation and trust."</P>
<P>一旦安装了这个游戏，手机将会向英国，德国，荷兰和瑞士的收费服务提供者发送文本信息。删除这个游戏可以解决这个问题。</P>
<P>The company did not offer an estimate of the number of phones affected nor when the virus began making the rounds.</P>
<P>The latest episode underscores how virus writers are now focusing on smart phones, which are cell phones always connected to the Internet and PDA-like processing power for much more complex tasks than a typical handset. The two major smart phone operating system makers are Symbian and Microsoft.</P>
<P>The Mosquito Trojan comes about a month after antivirus companies began deciphering the workings of the first worm to target smart phones. That worm program, dubbed Cabir by Russian antivirus company Kaspersky, apparently uses the Bluetooth short-range wireless feature of smart phones that run the Symbian operating system to detect other Symbian phones, and then transfers itself to the new host as a package file. While able to replicate the spread of the virus in research settings, antivirus companies have not found any evidence that the program is infecting smart phones outside of those limited test cases.</P>
<P>“蚊子”看起来只是个简单的木马。但是针对智能手机的蠕虫也不是不可能的。Cabir就是一例，这种蠕虫可以通过蓝牙传播，感染采用Symbian的手机。</P>
<P>In mid-July, a virus that infects Windows CE was developed--the first such bug discovered for the handheld operating system, according to one firm. Romania-based BitDefender said it has discovered a "proof of concept" virus for Microsoft's operating system for smart phones and other handhelds. The malicious code's author, who uses the pseudonym Ratter, is part of the 29A VX group that created a virus for the Symbian OS.</P>
<P>感染WindowsCE的病毒也开发出来了，位于罗马尼亚的BitDefender公司发现了名为“proof of concept”的病毒，可以感染微软的智能手机和手持设备的操作系统。这段恶意代码的作者同样属于 29A VX 组。
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<P>Mosquito virus bites smart phones

By Ben Charny
CNET News.com
August 12, 2004, 6:55 PM PT
</P>
<P>A new virus is making the rounds that forces some cell phones based on the Symbian operating system to generate pricy text messages. </P>
<P>这种病毒可以感染使用Symbian操作系统的手机。</P>
<P>
The virus is within an illegal version of the cell phone game Mosquito that is now available for free on the Internet and peer-to-peer networks, according to a statement from Symbian, the company that licenses the operating system of the same name.</P>
<P>病毒隐藏在一个名为“蚊子”的手机游戏中。</P>
<P>Once installed, the game may cause phones to send text messages to premium rate numbers in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland without the user's approval or knowledge, Symbian said. Deleting the game rids users of the problem, the company said.
"The Mosquito Trojan is a clear indication that users need to be aware of the risks of downloading and installing illegal or pirated software," Symbian said. "Symbian believes that mobile security is the responsibility of the entire industry. It requires cooperation and trust."</P>
<P>一旦安装了这个游戏，手机将会向英国，德国，荷兰和瑞士的收费服务提供者发送文本信息。删除这个游戏可以解决这个问题。</P>
<P>The company did not offer an estimate of the number of phones affected nor when the virus began making the rounds.</P>
<P>The latest episode underscores how virus writers are now focusing on smart phones, which are cell phones always connected to the Internet and PDA-like processing power for much more complex tasks than a typical handset. The two major smart phone operating system makers are Symbian and Microsoft.</P>
<P>The Mosquito Trojan comes about a month after antivirus companies began deciphering the workings of the first worm to target smart phones. That worm program, dubbed Cabir by Russian antivirus company Kaspersky, apparently uses the Bluetooth short-range wireless feature of smart phones that run the Symbian operating system to detect other Symbian phones, and then transfers itself to the new host as a package file. While able to replicate the spread of the virus in research settings, antivirus companies have not found any evidence that the program is infecting smart phones outside of those limited test cases.</P>
<P>“蚊子”看起来只是个简单的木马。但是针对智能手机的蠕虫也不是不可能的。Cabir就是一例，这种蠕虫可以通过蓝牙传播，感染采用Symbian的手机。</P>
<P>In mid-July, a virus that infects Windows CE was developed--the first such bug discovered for the handheld operating system, according to one firm. Romania-based BitDefender said it has discovered a "proof of concept" virus for Microsoft's operating system for smart phones and other handhelds. The malicious code's author, who uses the pseudonym Ratter, is part of the 29A VX group that created a virus for the Symbian OS.</P>
<P>感染WindowsCE的病毒也开发出来了，位于罗马尼亚的BitDefender公司发现了名为“proof of concept”的病毒，可以感染微软的智能手机和手持设备的操作系统。这段恶意代码的作者同样属于 29A VX 组。
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