| Smartphone Games With Virus Payload
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msg:4148095 | 11:36 am on Jun 7, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Smartphone Games With Virus Payload [uk.reuters.com] | Hackers have planted viruses in video games for smartphones running on Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system, according to a security firm specializing in mobile devices. |
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| The games are bundled with malicious software that automatically dials premium-rate telephone services in Somalia, Italy and other countries, sometimes ringing up hundreds of dollars in charges in a single month. |
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| Microsoft said it was aware of the problem and investigating it. |
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