Cross-Infecting Virus Affecting Both PCs And PDAs Discovered
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Seems that hackers are keeping themselves really busy lately. Since “ordinary”, “everyday” viruses or worms affecting our computers probably aren’t so exciting anymore, they’re thinking of new ways to spread their malware. And the latest example of such a method of increasing the spread levels is the cross-infect virus.
Thus, according to a statement issued by the Mobile Malware Researchers Association (MARA), the organizations seems to have discovered the first malware to cross-infect a handheld phone or PDA from a desktop PC binary file. The virus -- a Trojan dubbed 'crossover' -- spreads from a Windows-based desktop PC to a Windows CE-based handheld device via an ActiveSync connection, as reported by WindowsForDevices.com.
Seems that hackers are keeping themselves really busy lately. Since “ordinary”, “everyday” viruses or worms affecting our computers probably aren’t so exciting anymore, they’re thinking of new ways to spread their malware. And the latest example of such a method of increasing the spread levels is the cross-infect virus.Thus, according to a statement issued by the Mobile Malware Researchers Association (MARA), the organizations seems to have discovered the first malware to cross-infect a handheld phone or PDA from a desktop PC binary file. The virus -- a Trojan dubbed 'crossover' -- spreads from a Windows-based desktop PC to a Windows CE-based handheld device via an ActiveSync connection, as reported by WindowsForDevices.com.
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