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> was so common to have malware and viruses on nokia phones I never experienced that and don’t know anyone who did. Was it really a thing?
by TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
> was so common to have malware and viruses on nokia phones
I never experienced that and don’t know anyone who did. Was it really a thing?
- miohtama 4y agoI don’t think this is true. I worked extensively in the mobile industry back in the day and all Nokia apps had more painful signing process than iOS apps have today.
- ma5ter 4y agoNo, It's true, most my fiends who used to install pirated application (.sis file) from internet got affected by these viruses and at that time most popular antivirus companies (McAfee, Kaspersky, f-secure) had Symbian versions of their antivirus programs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabir_(computer_worm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabir_(computer_worm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commwarrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commwarrior
- distances 4y agoI'm not sure what you expect here. Is it the manufacturer's fault if you sideload virus infested applications?
- miohtama 4y agoNote that these are not computer virii by the definition, as they cannot spread independently. User always need to download the application somewhere and install it themself. The closest analogue would be Remote Access Trojan (RAT) infected Windows PC pirated software.