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First Pocket PC Virus Discovered
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 2:34pmby mlepage
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 2:41pmby sponge
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 2:51pmby Dan East
I just got done posting about this on Slashdot.
First of all, it isn't a real virus, but a "proof of concept" that asks permission to run.
Creating a PPC virus is a trivial matter. Anyone that can create Windows virii could easily create a Windows CE virus with eVC++.
As I said on Slashdot, I would be much more concerned about a standard Windows worm or virus that would delete on files on my PPC when I ActiveSyncs, since ActiveSync has no security at all.
There are other things I would be even more concerned about, but I don't want to give anyone any ideas.
Dan East
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 3:35pmby chuck
i still don't see why anyone would make a ppc virus, there's not really any point. Market saturation of ppc's is rather low, and connectivity... while increasing is still really low too.
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 3:58pmby Miracle
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 8:01pmby Registered
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 8:15pmby RChickenMan
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Jul 19, 2004 @ 10:16pmby Miracle
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Jul 20, 2004 @ 12:25amby Andy
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Jul 22, 2004 @ 6:29amby saurabh
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Jul 22, 2004 @ 6:31amby sponge
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Jul 22, 2004 @ 5:46pmby jongjungbu
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Jul 22, 2004 @ 11:14pmby fdave
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Jul 23, 2004 @ 5:34amby Mechcommander
Eh. I'm really not too concerned. I do full backups with the included utility on my iPAQ at least twice a month, so if a virus were to destroy all the data on my PPC, I'd just bring back a backup file that's stored on my laptop and main machine.
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Jul 23, 2004 @ 8:03amby Miracle