FN-FORUM: Re: ICE Virus

date posted 14th July 2005 22:39

I've copied below the actual warning as it was sent to me.

Doesn't sound like crossed wires at all. But it doesn't sound exactly
plausible either.

John Anderson
Soaring Penguin Ltd.


>
> Well we thought it was a good idea....
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> You know the email thats gone round saying put ICE then a contact
> number
>
> in
>
> case of emergency? Well don't do it cos....
>
> Be very careful with this one - although the intention is great it is
>
> unfortunately phase one of a phone based virus that is laying a path
> for
>
> propagating very quickly. Passing it on is part of the virus
>
> interestingly,such is the deviousness of the people who write these
>
> things.
>
> We have already seen the "second phase" where a program is sent as
> part
>
> of a
>
> ring-tone download that goes into your address book and looks for
>
> something
>
> it recognises - you've guessed it, an address book entry marked "ICE
> or
>
> I.C.E." or whatever. It then sends itself to the "ICE list", charging
>
> you
>
> for the privilege.