Recently, Russian antivirus maker “Kaspersky Labs†discovered the first Trojan SMS virus designed for phones running S60 OS. The virus is called Trojan-SMS.Symb.OS.Viver.
Viver virus could be easily disguised as photoeditor, video codec collection – symbian application. The infected programs could be placed at mobile software download sites.
After downloading and installing the infected application virus gets activated and starts sending SMS messages to the premium mobile number.
Premium SMS numbers are usually rented by mobile operator to various service companies and are used for legal purposes including payment for ringtones. It may cost you between $1 and $10 for single SMS.
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