Skulls Virus On Symbian Smartphone

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Skulls is a new virus that infects Symbian 60 operating systems such as the one on the Nokia 7610. It is a malicious SIS file that will replace the system applications with non-functional versions, so that all but the phone functionality will be disabled. The Skulls SIS file is named "Extended theme.SIS", it claims to be a theme manager for Nokia 7610 smart phone, written by "Tee-222". The only way to get infected is by installing the application manually. Skulls does not spread by itself. If Skulls is installed it will cause all application icons to be replaced with picture of skull and cross bones, and the icons don't refer to the actual applications any more so none of the Phone System applications will be able to start. The moral of the story is not to install applications from questionable sources.