A Trojan virus that attempts to spread from smart phones to users’ PCs was discovered Wednesday, marking one of the first cases of virus “cross-sharing” between the two devices, according to security firm F-Secure.
Cardtrap.A, a Trojan that attacks Symbian mobile phone operating systems, attempts to infect users’ PCs if they insert the phone’s memory card into their computers. Though this latest threat is considered low-level because it requires user interaction and fails to launch on a number of Windows systems, including XP, it may be a precursor to more sophisticated viruses designed for transfer between mobile devices and PCs, said Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure chief research officer.
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Source: Zdnet
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