Written by Peter Murphy on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

So you thought you were safe?


Windows Mobile devices have enjoyed a charmed life in terms of outside attacks of the virus persuasion. In my WinMo experience, I can recall two instances of claimed viral attacks, so this news, of a mobile Trojan is probably something, we should be concerned about, or place in our Ho Hum files.

McAfee’s Avert Labs division is warning users about one of the first "Trojan horse" viruses to afflict Windows Mobile. Dubbed WinCE/Infojack, it allows silent installation of malware, and sends information about an infected device to the Trojan’s author, according to the company.
 

This is a little information about a bug you should be aware of,

The Trojan sends the infected device’s serial number, operating system, and other information to the author of the trojan. It also modifies the infected device’s security setting to allow unsigned applications to be installed without a warning,

Don’t get caught, Helen’s not worth it!

via WindowsforDevices

 

 
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Augie
Feb 27, 2008

I wonder how it is the device gets infected in the first place.


dgoldring
Feb 27, 2008

Auggie, it looked like the Trojan Horse was packaged together with at least one (or more) programs. So that it would essentially load on your device when you install the software.

Doug


dgduris
Feb 27, 2008

The Symbian OS is impervious to permanent disruption from malware.

McAfee and other anti-virus software houses like S Mobile Systems have released news about Symbian Trojan Horses for years…and everytime they do, they sell a little more totally unncecessary bloatware to “Symbiants.”

Can anyone comment on how virus-proof WinMob is?


Peter
Feb 28, 2008

As symbian devices, winmo devices are touted as intruder proof, up till now! I know of two instances of winmo being, supposedly attacked in this way, no documentation, if this one works it’s real, I don’t swear, use cuss words!

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