Deadly virus cellphone threat causes panic in Pakistan
Mobile service providers in Pakistan have been
inundated by calls from subscribers worried by a prank message that they could
die of a deadly virus being transmitted via their phones.
Mobile service providers in Pakistan have been
inundated by calls from subscribers worried by a prank message that they could
die of a deadly virus being transmitted via
their phones.
The rumor was so effective that some mosques in the country’s biggest city, Karachi, made announcements that people were being killed by a mobile virus and they should be aware of God’s wrath.
The prankster warned users that a deadly virus transmitted through phones had killed 20 people.
Cellular operators moved to calm down subscribers and said in a joint statement: “These rumors are completely baseless. They do not make any sense in technological terms.”
Unless your phone runs Windows CE.
The rumor was so effective that some mosques in the country’s biggest city, Karachi, made announcements that people were being killed by a mobile virus and they should be aware of God’s wrath.
The prankster warned users that a deadly virus transmitted through phones had killed 20 people.
Cellular operators moved to calm down subscribers and said in a joint statement: “These rumors are completely baseless. They do not make any sense in technological terms.”
Unless your phone runs Windows CE.
Posted: Tue - April 17, 2007 at 12:27 PM