The Skull Trojan
A new virus targeted at the new Series 60 phones has been discovered. This Trojan will basically render your phone useless. Once the virus has taken effect, everything on your phone will not function and you will only be able to make and receive calls.
If you have acquired any new programs claiming to be a Theme Manager (called Extended Theme Manger) and/or was posted by "tee-222" then don't download it or copy it to your phone.
The F-Secure website has details of what to do if you have already installed the program and have the virus on your phone. They warn that if you have the virus on your phones, don't re-boot it. From F-Secure:
"Skulls is a malicious SIS file that will replace the system applications with non-functional versions, so that all but the phone functionality will be disabled.
The Skulls SIS file is named "Extended theme.SIS", it claims to be theme manager for Nokia 7610 smart phone, written by "Tee-222".
If Skulls is installed it will cause all application icons to be replaced with picture of skull and cross bones, and the icons don't refer to the actual applications any more so none of the Phone System applications will be able to start"
This file has been going round many forums and websites dedicated to Symbian Software so be careful what you are downloading. It is easy for someone to take the file, rename it and upload it to one of these sites. It would be a good idea (as is always the case) not to download or install files that haven't been tested or seem suspicious.
November 20, 2004 by Tarek Abu-Esber | Permalink
