F-Secure and Symbian row over hype

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 9, 2006

Commwarrior alert reignites battle over mobile malware danger.

An alert from F-Secure over a new version of the Commwarrior mobile worm has led to angry words from mobile operating system developer Symbian. While F-Secure admit the worm has not as yet caused major problems, and seems unlikely to spread widely, Symbian fear hype over malware could damage their business and future development plans.

The debate follows accusations in recent weeks from CA that F-Secure were hyping the mobile threat to create a market for their mobile AV products. In a recent press release, F-Secure claimed to have discovered 57 new mobile threats in July alone.

Read F-Secure's alert, and some analysis from ZDNet.

Posted on 09 August 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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