The first known cellphone virus appeared in 2004 and didn't get very far. Cabir. A infected only a small number of Bluetooth-enabled phones and carried out no malicious action - a group of malware developers created Cabir to prove it could be done. Their next step was to send it to anti-virus researchers, who began the process of developing a solution to a problem that promises to get a lot worse.
Cellphone viruses are at the threshold of their effectiveness. At present, they can't spread very far and they don't do much damage, but the future might see cellphone bugs that are as debilitating as computer viruses. In this article, we'll talk about how cellphone viruses spread, what they can do and how you can protect your phone from current and future threats.
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