Trojan disguised as Flash player targets cell phones
An updated variant of the Skulls Trojan horse comes disguised as a new version of the Macromedia Flash player to fool users of mobile phones running the Symbian operating system. Skulls.D disables applications needed to remove it, drops the Cabir.M worm onto phones and informs users that they have been infected by displaying a full-screen flashing skull, Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, in Helsinki, said Friday in a telephone interview.
Once users download and install this program, it will overwrite applications designed to either fight or remove it. Infected users are also unable to browse their file system or install new programs, forcing them to reset their phone to its default factory conditions.
F-Secure issued an alert on its Web site Monday after receiving reports of infected phones from two users, Hypponen said.
