Mobiles get anti-virus protection get anti-virus protection

According to the BBC, Finnish security firm F-Secure has created the security program in reaction to the growing number of viruses that infect handsets.

Outbreaks at the the World Championships Athletics meeting in Helsinki showed how the malicious programs can propagate when large numbers of people gather.

Many security experts believe that phone bugs will eventually become as big a nuisance as Windows viruses.

Richard Hales, UK manager for F-Secure, said that although many mobile operators had software in their networks to stop viruses propagating, more protection was needed to stop the bugs jumping from phone to phone".

emily | 3:15 PM | Spam, Viruses and Hoaxes |
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