Mosquito Trojan Set To Infect Mobiles

KingFishKingFish
edited August 2004 in Science & Tech
A virus hidden in a pirated game sends text messages at premium rates.
Mobile phone users should beware of being bitten by Mosquito, a Trojan masquerading as a game but designed to send out premium-rate SMS messages without the user's consent. One of the first examples of malicious software aimed at mobile phone users, the Trojan has been hidden in a pirated game that describes itself as Mosquito v2.0. But while the mosquito-shooting game is being played, the Trojan makes the handset send out text messages at premium rates.
Source: vnunet
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