SmartPhone "Virus" Hits Symbian

This is one those stories that probably affects none of our readers, but it is still an interesting development in the world of SmartPhones. A new "virus" (trojan horse, really) has been release into the wild for Symbian Series-60 SmartPhones called "Skulls" (link is to a story, NOT to the malware). The new virus must be installed manually onto a SmartPhone and only affects SmartPhones running the Symbian operating system (in this country, mostly Sony Ericsson and Nokia). Beware if you are running on the T-Mobile or ATT Wireless/Cingular networks which support these phones, but don't bewaere too much. This is one of those cases where this virus itself is not big news, but it may be the precusor to a STORM of new virii on the mobile platforms.