Abi
24-07-2005, 19:45
I received this from a friend in the police force - just be wary ...
"I've had loads of messages along the lines of this so take ICE no's off your phone till we know more!
Originally the ICE phone numbers , standing for "In Case of Emergency", were
meant to help when someone is injured or in a difficult situation,
indicating to First Aiders or the Emergency Services who to contact as next
of kin. It now seems to put our phones at risk of a virus infection.
The advice given to us is as follow:
"Be very careful with this one - although the intention is great it is
unfortunately phase one of a phone based virus that is laying a path for
propagating very quickly. Passing it on is part of the virus interestingly,
such is the deviousness of the people who write these things.
We have already seen the "second phase" where a program is sent as part of a ring-tone download that goes into your address book and looks for something it recognises - you've guessed it, an address book entry marked "ICE or I.C.E." or whatever. It then sends itself to the "ICE list", charging you for the privilege."
We would advise everyone who has set up these ICE numbers to delete them or rename them back to the person's name. Furthermore, you could rename it to its full meaning 'in case of emergency', as the virus may or may not recognise this"
"I've had loads of messages along the lines of this so take ICE no's off your phone till we know more!
Originally the ICE phone numbers , standing for "In Case of Emergency", were
meant to help when someone is injured or in a difficult situation,
indicating to First Aiders or the Emergency Services who to contact as next
of kin. It now seems to put our phones at risk of a virus infection.
The advice given to us is as follow:
"Be very careful with this one - although the intention is great it is
unfortunately phase one of a phone based virus that is laying a path for
propagating very quickly. Passing it on is part of the virus interestingly,
such is the deviousness of the people who write these things.
We have already seen the "second phase" where a program is sent as part of a ring-tone download that goes into your address book and looks for something it recognises - you've guessed it, an address book entry marked "ICE or I.C.E." or whatever. It then sends itself to the "ICE list", charging you for the privilege."
We would advise everyone who has set up these ICE numbers to delete them or rename them back to the person's name. Furthermore, you could rename it to its full meaning 'in case of emergency', as the virus may or may not recognise this"