It appears there might be a need for antivirus software on S60 phones after all.
The F-Secure blog is reporting a unique problem where getting a specially formed SMS will turn your nice shiny smartphone into a less functional brick.
Hopefully a ROM update will be availiable soon, but the blog details what to look for if it happens...
More info here
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001569.html
and a youtube video here
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001571.html
Monday, January 5, 2009
Curse of Silence, a Symbian S60 SMS Exploit
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Fortinet today announced that a new version of their freeware FortiCleanUp tool has been released, making it possible to recover the phone after receiving the "Curse SMS". So in (unlikely) case you ever receive such an SMS and it blocks the messaging function of your device, don't spend money on any commercial "anti-virus" program, just use this free tool instead.
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