Is this a virus?

izzi · 07-12-2004, 21:02

I have an old Nokia 3210. I hardly use it so it does for me.

I have just received a text message (from whom I do not know).

In the list of text messages the title reads

>pers

When I try to view it - all I get it the Erased message and the dustbin picture.

I cannot view it or get rid of it.

Is this a virus? What should I do next?

thank you

Lukeyboy · 07-12-2004, 21:37

It won't be a virus, I don't think they can infect 3210's.

izzi · 08-12-2004, 10:51

Well I switched it off in the end and back on - and all my inbox contents have vanished!

Ho hum!

sazzy · 08-12-2004, 12:03

I had that last week on my 3310, it wouldnt let me delete, and turning the phone on and off didnt work.

In the end i had to take out the battery and reset the handset, but like you, i lost saved messages, thank god it is just a back up!!

SaZZy xx

Pablo Diablo · 08-12-2004, 17:46

There is only one mobile virus and it only infects BlueTooth-enabled SymbianOS handsets (THESE PHONES). Also all it does is make your battery die faster by continously copying it self over BlueTooth.

07-12-2004, 21:02	#1
izzi Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 139	Is this a virus? I have an old Nokia 3210. I hardly use it so it does for me. I have just received a text message (from whom I do not know). In the list of text messages the title reads >pers When I try to view it - all I get it the Erased message and the dustbin picture. I cannot view it or get rid of it. Is this a virus? What should I do next? thank you

07-12-2004, 21:37	#2
Lukeyboy Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,447	It won't be a virus, I don't think they can infect 3210's.

08-12-2004, 10:51	#3
izzi Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 139	Well I switched it off in the end and back on - and all my inbox contents have vanished! Ho hum!

08-12-2004, 12:03	#4
sazzy Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 215	I had that last week on my 3310, it wouldnt let me delete, and turning the phone on and off didnt work. In the end i had to take out the battery and reset the handset, but like you, i lost saved messages, thank god it is just a back up!! SaZZy xx

08-12-2004, 17:46	#5
Pablo Diablo Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Manchester Posts: 4,993	There is only one mobile virus and it only infects BlueTooth-enabled SymbianOS handsets (THESE PHONES). Also all it does is make your battery die faster by continously copying it self over BlueTooth.

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