Virus on Mobile phone



A security vendor has detected an aggressive Russian Mobile worm, Commwarrior.Q malware, which uses some alarming tricks.



The Commwarrior.Q malware jumps from one phone to another phone from a short range of Blutooth wireless connection. It also spreads through Multimedia Messaging Service or by an infected memory card inserted into a device. Commwarrior.Q is not spreading widely but cleverly assembles a text message from phone’s ’sent’ file making it legitimate. It starts scanning to other phones through Bluetooth technology.



Commwarrior.Q can infect any Symbian OS application installation files, called SIS files. It is difficult to find it because it infects in random manner. Since the size of SIS files are 32,100 to 32,200 bytes, so it is tough for mobile operators to distinguish from MMS messages. It cannot infect mobile phone automatically but it infects through infected SIS file.



It affects the Symbian Series 60 phones, which use Symbian OS version 8.1 or older. It does not affect the data of mobile but user has to pay extra charges for sending worm-infected messages. Mobile malware is not spreading widely but it will become more prevalent as people use more complicated mobile phones.



Via: Computer World