September 06, 2005

Trust Your Mobile Phone?

Are mobile phone viruses over-hyped? Antivirus firm F-Secure has been accused of "over-hyping" the threat of mobile phone viruses in order to drive the sales of a new product guarding against such threats.

But the Finnish antivirus vendor has resolutely defended its claim that such viruses pose a huge threat to users, despite suggestions it has merely created its own market by talking up the risks. Silicon.Com