Mosquito Virus

Mosquito Virus definition - hacker
Made the rounds in August 2004, forcing some cell phones based on the Symbian operating system software to produce very expensive text messages for its owners. The virus resided in an illegal copy of the cell-phone game “Mosquito” and was available for free on the Internet and on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.

See Also: Internet; Network; Operating System Software; Peer-to-Peer (P2P).

In Brief. Mosquito Virus Bites Phones. The Globe and Mail, August 12, 2004, p. B7.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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