Cellular virus hoax

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Since this newsgroup seems to have been hijacked by wireless,
see "Mobile phones plagued by virus hoax"
http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/gnews/382.shtml

A typical unsolicited message received by mobile phones, said Sophos,
reads: "Outbreak: I'm infecting you with t-virus, my code is ******.
Forward this to 60022 to get your own code and chance to win prizes.
More at t-virus.co.uk" "The messages themselves are not infectious,
but some people have panicked that they might have received a real
mobile phone virus," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant
for Sophos, in a statement. "This marketing campaign seems
particularly ill-conceived, as there is so much genuine interest in
the mobile virus threat."

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