Getting your computer infected with a virus is quite a nuisance to deal with, not to mention a security risk for your important data. To prevent this from happening, anti-virus software programs are installed and other security measures put up. But do you know that even our mobile phones are susceptible to viral infections? And because of the small size of these mobile devices, the damage that it can bring to it may be worse than an infection of the PC. As mobile phones increase and become more like a computer, the number of viruses waiting to infect also grows in number up to the millions. They do not only affect the smart phones but any mobile phone it can access to.

One of the first mobile phone viruses that were discovered was spread by the Cabir worm which infected the cell phones that run the operating system Symbian. Although quite harmless, it gave proof that virus infection of mobile phones is possible. This virus was able to spread through Bluetooth, which instantly looks for other nearby cell phones to infect.

To be able to avoid being infected with this virus, which commonly gets transmitted via Bluetooth, always make sure that the file you are receiving on your mobile phone is from a known source and you know what is inside it. Not unlike the desktop PC wherein unknown files are treated with care, mobile phones should also be wary of those files sent to your phone.

Since the mobile phone is also used for gaming, make sure that the site where you download and get those games from has a clean reputation and is free from any virus.

To protect the mobile phone, a lot of companies are now trying out and developing anti-virus software for the mobile phone, in anticipation of the growth of the market for these gadgets. As the capabilities and features of the cell phone increases, all the more to install a software program to check for virus and prevent infections on your mobile phone since the loss and damage to the mobile pone will also be greater.

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