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A must read for mobile users... by Bijoy Patel
I think my mobile is infected with virus, what should I do?
How should I protect my mobile phone against virus attacks?
Are you using a Bluetooth/GPRS aided mobile handset?
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Formatting the handset is what people do when their phone is attacked with a virus. But that is not a good idea. Formatting a phone means loss of all Contact Details in the phone also all SMSes in the handset memory are lost. Mobile Antivirus Softwares are commonly available in the markets these days. Try and remove the virus using the software instead of formatting,

List of popular Mobile Viruses:

Cabir.A-U(commonly appearing by the name of caribe.sys in your handset to be installed), Cabir.Dropper, Skulls.A-D, Lasco.A, Dampig.A, CommWarrior.A-B, Mabir.A, Fontal.A, Hobbes.A, Doomboot.A, Cardtrap.A

TIP for safeguarding your phone against major Mobile Attacks:

Every Bluetooth aided device is assigned a name. Smartly naming your Bluetooth device makes it secured against common hacking methods. Try and give a alpha- numeric-symbolic name to your device instead of giving a simple name. eg. r@visng@ge29 instead of ravi is a strong name.

iii> Avoid careless surfing over the GPRS. Porn wap-sites are the base station of mobile viruses.

iii> Avoid careless surfing over the GPRS. Porn wap-sites are the base station of mobile viruses.

ii> Don't install softwares dropping through Bluetooth which are not known to you.

i> Avoid switching ON and using Bluetooth in e-posh areas like malls, multiplexes, clubs, pubs etc were more such infected phones are expected to be present.

Major mobile viruses travel into your phone through Bluetooth rather GPRS.
In that case BEWARE! Your 1% carelessness makes your phone 99% susceptible to mobile viruses.