My phone was infected!

[Guest vedtom]

I was actually just searching for some app's for my XDA using armadillo.After I hit enter, I get more than 15 simmilar choices with the adequate name I have entered, with same file size (175 kb).After download and unpack I run that file but i have get the message that this is not a valid win32 application.So I have copied it to my phone and "Open"....The funny part was that I got the same message as in my PC!This was the moment when I have realised that there is something rong with that fu...g app.After several minutes I just run something that was installed on my memory card and than happened the "MAGIC" the app could not find its components on the memory card!!!When I have navigated there with the file explorer all the directorie names were writen in some unknow language...something like this "ñGFŽkU‡R²fh¤’3æ,rcîäzžzs"!!!

I made a hard reset, and now I am downloading the latest F-prot to my pc to do a scan.

Is there a good antivirus app for PPC?Could these viruses really harm our devices or only the file system, and app's?

[Guest Tech]

there is one called airscanner anti virus, pretty good i think but i use the one bundled with my imate sp5m - etrust antivirus (dont like etrust but hey)

your situation may not be a virus but perhaps some corruption somewhere ;) never know tho

[Guest beersoft]

looks like broken fat table on the sd card, but there is another lesson to learn from this, "dont download warez" seems to be the answer

later

Owen

[Guest Tech]

lol too true beersoft ;)

[Guest vedtom]

Yes, you all right.Downloading all kind of app's is dangerous but at the same time interesting too, and espetially when that app is running ;)

From now on I will be more carefool, and I recomend for enyone who is browsing and downloading a lot.

[Guest fraser]

I doubt this was a virus. There aren't viruses available on the PPC. Probably just a corrupt download.