Virus Strikes...Mobile Phones

A new virus has been identified, and is still "in the wild" as many anti-virus organizations would put it. This virus is not another Outlook worm, nor is it a backdoor trojan, and it's not even a computer destroying killer virus. What it is, is a cellular phone virus. Dubbed "Timofonica," this new virus carries a payload that creates computerized phone calls coming into the infected phone. It specifically targets Europe's GSM mobile phone standard, and is believed to originate from Spain. The harmless payload converts a simple text message into a voice translated telephone call to random numbers it generates. The most harm this virus does is use your a few of your alloted minutes in an annoying phone call, and spread itself to other phones via the SMS gate.