SERIES 60 CABIR WORM ON CELLPHONES

BEWARE EVERYONE WITH SERIES 60 SYMBIAN PHONES.

PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE

1. NEVER LEAVE YOUR BLUETOOTH ON INDEFINETLY.

2. ANY "unable to verify supplier" WARNINGS DO NOT SAY YES.
"If user clicks yes the phone will ask IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL CABIR.

3. SAY NO TO UNKNOWN INSTALLATIONS

F-Secure Virus Descriptions : Cabir

F-Secure Anti-Virus for Symbian 60 series

will detect the Cabir and delete the worm components.

After deleting worm files you can delete the directory c:\system\symbiansecuredata\caribesecuritymanager

Or you can disinfect the system manually by deleting files with a series 60 phone browser:

c:\system\apps\caribe\caribe.rsc
c:\system\apps\caribe\caribe.app
c:\system\apps\caribe\flo.mdl
c:\system\recogs\flo.mdl
c:\system\symbiansecuredata\caribesecuritymanager\caribe.app
c:\system\symbiansecuredata\caribesecuritymanager\caribe.rsc
- posted by anina @ 12:59 AM