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apocalypso
05-16-2007, 07:37
Just because it's Signed doesn't mean it isn't spying on you!!!


http://www.symbian-freak.com/images/news/05/08/virustm.jpg (http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/007/05/spayware_in_sigend_applications.htm)

Few days ago F-secure have detected a spyware running on 2 Symbian Signed applications. They didn’t publish names of the application so I am a little bit skeptic about and truly hope it just isn’t sensationalistic news released just to convince us that we need AV software and to increase the sale result of their antivirus application for Symbian S60 platform 3rd ed, although 3rd edition is very well protected and protection is still unbreakable so there is no real danger for 3rd edition phones owners.

Anyway, the reported that they have received samples of two new mobile spying tools – running on new platf... ..

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http://www.symbian-freak.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_arrow.gif F-Secure has detect spyware in signed applications (http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/007/05/spayware_in_sigend_applications.htm)

Sincerely yours,
Apoc