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Dial-A-Virus Your PC may be more secure from the latest worms that are spreading across the Internet, but that cell phone in your briefcase probably isn't. And that's something many virus authors are coming to realize. A Washington Times piece that ran last week, "Analysts: PC Viruses Aiming at Cell Phones," reports these dire warnings from Vincent Gullotto, a VP with computer security and anti-virus solutions developer McAfee. Web-enabled cell phones that use the Internet to send and receive text messages or load Web pages, are vulnerable to attack in much the same way as conventional desktop computers, say computer experts. In fact, Gullotto says that some bugs have already been made to disrupt mobile phones. "Gullotto said a Spanish-based group has created a worm known as 'Cabir,'" writes the author. "Cabir remains a laboratory experiment but could encourage hackers to target mobile phones, which have increasingly sophisticated software and networking capabilities," he said. To read the full version of the story, visit:
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