There would be crying and gnashing of teeth if Microsoft responded like this?
The severity of the virus was downplayed by Sun. Eric Chu, Sun's marketing director for J2ME software, noted, "We have not seen any attempts to exploit this vulnerability, but if there is one, the user can simply delete...the applications they downloaded from an untrusted source."
Gowdiak, who notified Sun in August of the vulnerability, was more cautious. "Vendors and (the) antivirus industry are not prepared for this kind of threat," he said. "It should be expected that remote vulnerabilities for mobile devices will be published within the next six months."
Using the vulnerabilities, Gowdiak created programs for the Nokia phone that could send text messages or photos, wipe the phone's memory, connect to the Internet and steal data such as phone book records, all without the user knowing…
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