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The first known cell-phone virus appeared in 2004 and didn't get very far. Cabir.A infected only a small number of Bluetooth-enabled phones and carried out no malicious action.
These viruses are spread by Internet downloads,Bluetooth wireless connection,Multimedia Messaging Service.
These are the cell-phones viruses
Cabir.A
First reported: June 2004
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Bluetooth
Harm: none
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Skulls.A
First reported: November 2004
Attacks: various Symbian phones
Spreads via: Internet download
Harm: disables all phone functions except sending/receiving calls
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Commwarrior.A
First reported: January 2005
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Bluetooth and MMS
Harm: sends out expensive MMS messages to everyone in phonebook (in course of MMS replication)
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Locknut.B
First reported: March 2005
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Internet download (disguised as patch for Symbian Series 60 phones)
Harm: crashes system ROM; disables all phone functions; inserts other (inactive) malware into phone
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Fontal.A
First reported: April 2005
Attacks: Symbian Series 60 phones
Spreads via: Internet download
Harm: locks up phone in startup mode; disables phone entirely
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I think now there are more running on mobiles that its owner doesnt know about it!!