Virus in your pocket


Latest proof-of-concept virus affects Pocket PC.

Back in August 2001, Virus Bulletin carried an article which warned ”

be prepared for the first Windows CE worms for Pocket PCs

“.

Nearly three years later the first virus to affect Pocket PCs has appeared: WCE/Duts.

Duts is a proof-of-concept virus written by the 29a virus-writing group, whose other recent creations include

SymbOS/Cabir

, the first virus to spread from mobile phone to mobile phone (a full analysis of Cabir can be found in the

August 2004 issue

of Virus Bulletin).

A fully-detailed analysis of Duts will be included in the September issue of Virus Bulletin.

Posted on 20 July 2004 by

Virus Bulletin


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