Last modified: Friday, September 15, 2006
A type of cellphone Trojan horse that infects mobile phones running Java (J2ME). The Trojan spreads through a program known as 'RedBrowser', which claims to enable users to send text messages to a premium service at a low cost. The Trojan can be downloaded to the cellphone either via the Internet (from a WAP Web site), through Bluetooth or a personal computer.
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