XDA II / PDA VIRUS DETECTED

[nightwolf]

Guys

I noticed my XDA II device was playing up and things started slowing down and everything

checked around and found that there was a PDA Virus released on the net

if your XDA or XDAII device connects to a PC while your on the net, then you WILL catch the VIRUS
it doesn't seem to be detected by antivirus software either !

downloaded a file called AIRSCANANTIVIRUSPDA.EXE and ran that !

seems to have cleaned my device no problems.
not sure if it's free or anything as i got it from a guy in OZ, but if you can't find it i'll add it to a posting

my opinion is that the antivirus makers are the people that create them ! then charge for antivirus, but hey ! that's just what i think !

[nightwolf]

just checked the software and about button and it comes up with http://www.airscanner.com/mobile/

check it out for yourselves !

hope it helps guys

cheers

[Jargon]

I noticed my XDA II device was playing up and things started slowing down and everything

checked around and found that there was a PDA Virus released on the net

if your XDA or XDAII device connects to a PC while your on the net, then you WILL catch the VIRUS
it doesn't seem to be detected by antivirus software either !
You've probably encountered the WM2003 notifications bug, not a virus. You can use the CheckNotifications (http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html) program to fix that.


my opinion is that the antivirus makers are the people that create them ! then charge for antivirus, but hey ! that's just what i think !
I work for a major antivirus company and I can tell you for a fact that we don't create viruses. In fact, we signed an agreement that anyone who writes a virus will not only be fired but blacklisted. A virus writer will never get a job in any antivirus company. Engineers from the different antivirus companies meet regularly to cooperate in the fight against viruses. Writing a virus is a mortal sin in the antivirus industry. Imagine the damage to the industry's reputation if customers find out that the antivirus companies are creating the problems that they are solving.

[Carlos]

if your XDA or XDA II device connects to a PC while your on the net, then you WILL catch the VIRUS
it doesn't seem to be detected by antivirus software either !
Riiiight... And the same place you learned that also told you about the million dollars that Bill Gates is going to send you for forwarding his e-mail, and to watch out for your kidneys if you wake up in a motel room in Vegas.

[jljones]

Guys

I noticed my XDA II device was playing up and things started slowing down and everything

checked around and found that there was a PDA Virus released on the net

if your XDA or XDAII device connects to a PC while your on the net, then you WILL catch the VIRUS
it doesn't seem to be detected by antivirus software either !

downloaded a file called AIRSCANANTIVIRUSPDA.EXE and ran that !

seems to have cleaned my device no problems.
not sure if it's free or anything as i got it from a guy in OZ, but if you can't find it i'll add it to a posting

my opinion is that the antivirus makers are the people that create them ! then charge for antivirus, but hey ! that's just what i think !

There is one, but it's spread as an executable file, which needs to be opened to infect a Pocket PC. You can't just catch it by accessing the net. HThe standard avise not to open unknown executable files aplies here.

[mamaich]

A virus writer will never get a job in any antivirus company. I know several people working on Kasperski antivirus company who created viruses when being students ;)
Currently there is only one "proof of concept" PDA virus. And it is not dangerous.

[Jargon]

A virus writer will never get a job in any antivirus company. I know several people working on Kasperski antivirus company who created viruses when being students ;)
Thanks. Our marketing department will be interested in knowing their names. :wink:

[Carlos]

Isn't there a big difference between *writing* a virus and releasing it?

[mamaich]

Isn't there a big difference between *writing* a virus and releasing it?
Its a huge difference. Lots of my friends wrote simple viruses in childhood (and even I did), but they were never released, though their code was used in other projects. I've even seen a book "Vriting virus and anti-virus" that was published in Russian.