Mobile Virus

Bishwajeet Kumar Naik

Roll No :- 505031
Computer Science & Engg.
Kalinga Institute Of Industrial Technology
virus

virus
Virus, What is it ?

 A virus is a computer program that can copy

itself and infect a computer without
permission or knowledge of the user. It may
have a negative effect, such as causing a
program to operate incorrectly or corrupting a
computer's memory.
MOBILE VIRUS :-
 A mobile virus is an electronic virus that
targets mobile phones or wireless-enabled
PDAs.
 As wireless phone and PDA networks become
more numerous and more complex, it has
become more difficult to secure them against
electronic attacks in the form of viruses or
other malicious software (also known as
malware ).
 Malware is software designed to infiltrate or
damage a computer system without the
owner's informed consent.
Motive to create virus :-

Viruses are written for a variety of reasons

 Curiosity

 Challenge

 To gain wider attention

 Some new antivirus companies want to enter

new market.
Virus Actions:-

 Send SMS & MMS to all numbers found within

mobile phone.

 Damage by deleting & modifying mobile

phone.

 Starting to make calls to pay-per-minute

numbers.

 Prevents phone from booting.

 Drains phone’s battery.

more phones, more targets

more phones, more targets

MORE PHONES, MORE TARGETS
 The number of smart mobile devices in the
world has expanded dramatically in recent
years, and so has the amount of malware set
loose to attack them.
 That mix is a recipe for disaster: as the size of
a target audience increases, so, too, does the
likelihood that miscreant programmers will
attack it.
 Industry analysts predict that more than 200
million mobile phones will be sold in 2009.
MOBILEPHONES ON THE RISE
Units Sold, Worldwide (millions)
GROWTH IN MOBILE VIRUS
different mobile virus

different mobile virus

Cabir (discovered June 2004)
 TYPE AND METHOD OF INFECTION
• Connects to other Bluetooth devices and copies
itself.

 EFFECTS
• Constant Bluetooth scanning drains phone’s
battery
CommWarrior (discovered March 2005)

 TYPE AND METHOD OF INFECTION

Sends itself as an MMS file to numbers in phone’s
address book and in automatic replies to incoming
SMS (text) and MMS messages
Replicates via Bluetooth
copies itself to the removable memory card and
inserts itself into other program installation files
on phone

 EFFECTS
Some users incur a charge for every MMS file the
worm sends
variants of the worm disable phone entirely
Doomboot (discovered July 2005)
 TYPE AND METHOD OF INFECTION
Pretends to be a version of the Doom 2 video
game, enticing users to download and install it
 EFFECTS
Prevents phone from booting
Installs Cabir and CommWarrior on phone
RedBrowser (discovered February 2006)

 TYPE AND METHOD OF INFECTION

Deceptive description on a Web site offering many
downloadable programs entices users to install
this Java program, which runs on hundreds of
phone models.
 EFFECTS
Sends a stream of text messages, at a premium
rate of $5 each, to a phone number in Russia
FlexiSpy (discovered March 2006)

 TYPE AND METHOD OF INFECTION

Internet download, typically installed by someone
other than phone owner .
 EFFECTS
Sends a log of phone calls and copies of text and
MMS messages to a commercial Internet server for
viewing by a third party.
Duts
 A parasitic file infecter virus and is the first
known virus for the PocketPC platform. It
attempts to infect all EXE files in the current
directory (infects files that are bigger than
4096 bytes)
Skulls
 Once downloaded, the virus, called skulls,
replaces all phone desktop icons with images
of a skull. It also will render all phone
applications, including SMS and MMS useless.
antivirus for mobile phones

antivirus for mobile

phones
What is Antivirus ?

 Antivirus software are computer programs

that attempt to identify, neutralize or
eliminate malicious software.
Some Protective Software for Mobile
phones
conclusion

conclusion
CONCLUSION:-
 We should not accept files from unknown
people without confirmation .
 We should not download unknown files from
internet .
 There are so many antivirus applications for
PocketPC, Symbian Series 60, Windows
Mobile are already available in market.
thank you

thank you