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Symbian was quick to respond to a discovery of a virus threatening Symbian OS-powered handsets discovered on Friday by an anti-virus company in Finland. Symbian says the suspected malware is no longer being distributed.
F-Secure, which discovered the Trojan virus, said it is designed to overwrite standard application icons with skull and bones icons and locks up the phone's menu. 'To be affected by the malware requires a phone user to deliberately install it as an application onto their phone,' Symbian said in a statement.
The virus, which according to Symbian is no longer being distributed, targeted the Nokia 7610, but Symbian said the virus might also affect other Series 60 handsets.
Symbian said phones using the UIQ user interface platform or the NTT DoCoMo FOMA platform are not believed to be affected by this malware.
Symbian said it takes 'security issues very seriously' and continues to work with the security community on advanced security features for phones running the Symbian OS.
 News source: Wireless Week
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