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Story: Skulls may not mean skullduggery, says Symbian

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I'm surprised by Symbian's public stance in relation to the Skulls trojan. To claim that the application may not be malware at all is not credible in light of the analysis of the files installed on phones by undertaken by ourselves (SimWorks Anti-Virus) and other anti-virus companies.

The author has embedded numerous messages including an invitation to send him/her a copy of the Cabir virus (presumably to learn how to spread files via Bluetooth), a warning that further versions of the application will be released and a number of short sometimes contradictory statements such as "Why do T-VIRUS created? Cuz i love you so much :)" and "Why do T-VIRUS belongs in this world? Cuz i hate you very much :)".

If the Skulls trojan (or T-VIRUS as its author calls it) is not malware why would the author include the statements the he/she does?

We were also interested in the statement that Symbian and F-Secure are working to fix the problem. Symbian should have spoken to us, there is no need to wait for them to fix the problem as SimWorks Anti-Virus for Symbian phones already protects against and repairs the damage caused by the Skulls trojan.

Best regards,
Aaron Davidson.

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