In China, more than 1 million Chinese mobile phone users have unwittingly sent spam messages, costing them around 2 million yuan (US$300,000) a day, after their phones were recently infected by malware and they are calling it the zombie viruses. And BEWARE... there are still other smartphone viruses out there ready to attack ur phones What has the world come to when viruses are even attacking your phones. These Smartphone viruses should be taken seriously or you will end up losing more money than what you shelled out for your Smartphones. And Research shows that these virus attacks has doubled last year.
The virus attack Smartphone can come in many forms. One of the most prevalent mobile attack is the credit attack. Users are tricked to make a subscriber dial on a premium-rate number. You will just know you have been tricked after your monthly bill comes and find that you have been charged for a premium call you never made.The virus news for Smartphone users should warn everyone that the potential risk of attack is very strong. Hackers can even steal banking information from you by spying on your phone like recording call and text messages.
Unlike the PC virus, the mobile viruses are principally designed to bring instant revenue to the hackers by stealing essential information. There are about 5 Billion mobile users in the world compared to a meager 2 Billion email users. Discovering the hackers behind the virus is still proving difficult but Government is struggling to find the source of the virus which is said to be very clever in the way that it evades most anti-virus programs available to users.
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