According to a story, F-Secure has reported that about 400 mobile phone viruses exist have been detected.

The results of the poll were rather interesting.

"Have you experienced any type of mobile phone virus?"

There were a total of 133 votes.

- YES, 24% (32 votes)
- NO, 62% (82 votes)
- NOT SURE, 14% (19 votes)

While the results did not cover a massive amount of users, I feel it received a decent amount of results for all to take a look at. The surge in votes came from the AFP article which mentioned this site.

With the daily advancements in the mobile arena, it's only a matter of time until the same issues which plaque the computer world begin to grab hold of popular mobile devices.

The mobile devices are gaining features which allow their users to perform more advanced functions without being tethered to their desktop or laptop computers.

Not only are the issues of viruses foreseen, but other common issues as MMS (text message) spam may be on the horizon.

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This was the first mobile phone virus detected. Cabir infects mobile phones that are left in "discoverable" mode. If the user clicks yes, the Cabir worm will activate and show a dialog that contains the virus name, the author's initials and the group initial.