Re: FN-FORUM: ICE Virus

date posted 14th July 2005 22:51

Dom Latter wrote:
> On Thursday 14 Jul 2005 10:46 pm, John Anderson wrote:
>
>>I've just received an email from a friend saying that there's a new virus
>>for mobiles that gets into a mobile phone by searching for a familiar name:
>>ICE. Which everyone has just put on their mobile.
>
>
> Oh that's /good/. [1] Anyway, it is of coure complete cobblers.
>
> If anybody needs reassurance on this point:
> http://www.eastanglianambulance.com/content/news/newsdetail.asp?newsID=1121256619
>
>
> [1] In the sense of skilled social engineering. In the moral sense, as
> it might slow or prevent the spread of the ICE meme, it's bad.

Sounded like cobblers to me. Pity they didn't activate the link on
that site:

http://www.icecontact.com/

if anyone is interested in learning more. Don't suppose it would
affect my venerable 8310 anyway, as it's not Java enabled. It's still
the smallest, nicest phone that does what a phone should IMHO - I have
no need/desire for a crappy camera and Bluetooth synching with my
paper based diary ;-)

Paul.