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A brand new worry: mobile-phone viruses

by Donna Buenaventura Nov 27, 2003 12:45PM PST

As more consumers begin surfing the Web and sending e-mail messages on mobile-phone and handheld devices, along comes a new worry: worms and viruses spread via Internet-enabled handsets.

The problem is still small, with only a few cases reported globally so far. But as operating systems in mobile phones become standardized, hackers are likely to begin focusing on vulnerabilities in those systems as they have with personal computers.

And as mobile phones and personal digital assistants connect to the Internet at ever faster speeds, more users will be able to download files with attachments, some of which may be infected.

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