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first post! question about the virus going around!

5 replies · 2,351 views · Started 15 October 2004

hey guys this is my first post! altho i know loads about phones

to the point, there has been a virus on my cuzins 6600 and he got it from some links i sent him. the problem is i download about 50 different files from a site which has many links and i dont know which is from the sites that has the virus. anyway, is there a way to A) scan the files on ur comp to make sure it doesnt have the virus or B) have some program on the phone so that when this virus has come onto the phone it automatically deletes it

thanks for the help

6600for110 wrote:hey guys this is my first post! altho i know loads about phones

to the point, there has been a virus on my cuzins 6600 and he got it from some links i sent him. the problem is i download about 50 different files from a site which has many links and i dont know which is from the sites that has the virus. anyway, is there a way to A) scan the files on ur comp to make sure it doesnt have the virus or B) have some program on the phone so that when this virus has come onto the phone it automatically deletes it

thanks for the help


http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25898

6600for110 wrote:^ thanks for that, sorry for the trouble - but does it update by itself?

Not that i know of, but possible if there are other variants around... 🙄 Just install the cabir fix so you'll have it fixed.

nevya_mind wrote:use *phone safe* download it scans phone and removes viruses

...and tell me that doesn't sound like a great piece of social engineering to you 😉