AV going mobile
Mobile providers clamour to become the first to offer AV protection
for mobile phones.
Following the appearance of SymbOS/Cabir.A, the first virus capable of spreading via
mobile phone, mobile providers have been clamouring to become the first to offer
anti-virus protection for mobile phones.
South Korean SK Telecom announced the development, in cooperation with
AhnLab, of V3Mobile anti-virus software, while Australian TSG Pacific claimed to have its
anti-virus solution ready and waiting - a spokesman said: "We anticipated this type of
virus nearly two years ago."
Meanwhile, mobile security company Jamanda has made a fix for Cabir available free of
charge on its website.
All this despite the fact that, to date, there are no confirmed reports of Cabir in the
Wild.
27 June 2004
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