Yet Another Wireless Telephone Virus
Yet another wireless telephone virus is on the loose. You may
remember Cabir sightings in various countries. Well...now the
Commwarrior virus is spreading to wireless phones worldwide via
MMS and Bluetooth. Not only will it infect your phone, but will
ring-up your phone bill by sending numerous MMS messages in the
middle of the night. Commwarrior could potentially be much
bigger trouble than Cabir - via MMS it can jump from one country
to another easily.
Commwarrior monitors the phone's clock and spreads over
Bluetooth during daytime (from 08:00 to midnight) and spreads
via MMS during the night (from midnight to 07:00). The worm
sleeps at random times between sending the messages, further
slowing down the spreading.
And of course, sending MMS messages is expensive. Let