China made mobile phones spreading virus
Mobile phones manufactured in China have been found to be spreading a computer virus.
Information reaching ghanabusinessnews.com from the international telecom circles indicate that at least a million Chinese phones have been infected with a type of computer virus that is spreading by sending random text messages encouraging recipients to download the infected file.
Reports say a cell phone user in Henan province told the state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that a telecom carrier had recently charged him SMS fees although, he said, he had not sent a single message.
The user said the payment list showed that he had sent messages to his friends at mid-night and even some to other phone numbers which he didn’t know.
Another user in Beijing had the same problem, and she said she had received late-night messages from her friends in which they recommended games to her.
Chinese telecom expert Zou Shihong was quoted as saying an infected cell phone could be compared to a ‘zombie’ phone – it will secretly send virus-linked text messages to your friends and colleagues and turn their phones into ‘zombies’, which will later create more ‘zombie’ phones.
He said intermediary distributors might be blamed for the spread of the virus because most of those text messages are software and game ads.
Meanwhile Chinese phones remain hot cakes in Ghana but no such reports have emerged in the country yet.
By Samuel Dowuona
Mobile phones manufactured in China have been found to be spreading a computer virus.
Information reaching ghanabusinessnews.com from the international telecom circles indicate that at least a million Chinese phones have been infected with a type of computer virus that is spreading by sending random text messages encouraging recipients to download the infected file.
Reports say a cell phone user in Henan province told the state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that a telecom carrier had recently charged him SMS fees although, he said, he had not sent a single message.
The user said the payment list showed that he had sent messages to his friends at mid-night and even some to other phone numbers which he didn’t know.
Another user in Beijing had the same problem, and she said she had received late-night messages from her friends in which they recommended games to her.
Chinese telecom expert Zou Shihong was quoted as saying an infected cell phone could be compared to a ‘zombie’ phone – it will secretly send virus-linked text messages to your friends and colleagues and turn their phones into ‘zombies’, which will later create more ‘zombie’ phones.
He said intermediary distributors might be blamed for the spread of the virus because most of those text messages are software and game ads.
Meanwhile Chinese phones remain hot cakes in Ghana but no such reports have emerged in the country yet.
By Samuel Dowuona