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From China with love: Windows Mobile virus
February 28, 2008 [General] | By Edward J. R.

Beware! Your Windows Mobile phone may be infected and may be sending secretly information to China...

A Window Mobile PocketPC trojan that disables Windows Mobile application installation security has been discovered in China.

WinCE/InfoJack sends the infected device抯 serial number, operating system and other information to the author of the trojan. It also leaves the infected mobile device vulnerable by allowing silent installation of malware. The trojan modifies the infected device抯 security setting to allow unsigned applications to be installed without a warning.

The trojan was packed inside a number of legitimate installation files and distributed widely. It has been distributed with Google Maps, applications for stock trading, and a collection of games.

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Commentary: we find it impossible that Google would distribute this virus with Google Maps, as the article above claims, but obviously if you download Google Maps and other programs not from original source, but from various dodgy mirror sites, then it may well be true. Anyways: beware of this issue and try to download software for Windows Mobile only from original and secure sources!