June 23, 2005
Malicious Cell Phone Software Predicted for 2007
Experts are predicting cell phone users are safe from a major virus outbreak for the next 18 months or so.
"Despite this intense vendor- and media-driven speculation--and several well-publicized hoaxes--the necessary conditions required for viruses or worms to pose a real rapidly spreading threat to more than 30 percent of enterprise mobile devices will not converge until year-end 2007."
After that, though?
"Two main factors will create an environment that would encourage a virus to propagate, the Gartner analysts said. First, smart phones capable of being infected by malicious software will have to make up about one-third of the market. Second, users of those phones will have to regularly exchange executable files."
Read more at CNet.
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Posted by BJ at June 23, 2005 01:38 AM

