New Mobile Virus Can Jump to PCs
Yet another virus targeting mobile devices has emerged, this time with a new twist: It has the potential to infect PCs when users transfer data from phone to computer.
The Cardtrap.A Trojan resembles other malware targeting handhelds running the Symbian operating system, such as Cabir, that typically spread through a phone's built-in messaging applications or by way of Bluetooth wireless connections.
However, unlike earlier mobile-phone viruses, Cardtrap.A has a built-in mechanism that plants two worms on a phone's memory card with the ultimate goal of infecting a PC.
In addition to planting Win32/Padobot.Z and Win32/Rays worms, the mobile virus also creates an autorun file on the memory card so that when the card is inserted into the Windows PC, it automatically installs and runs the malware.
