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From Mary Landesman, your guide to Antivirus Software, resources to help protect your PDA and other wireless devices.
Using Your Laptop at Starbucks: Is it Safe?
Wireless Internet access is available at most coffee shops, bookstores, airports, and hotels around the world. But how safe is it
Trojaned Mosquito bites PDA users
Free versions of Mosquito game have been Trojaned by a dialer. While the user is happily shooting mosquitos, the Trojan is surreptiously mounting charges by secretly dialing a premium rate number.
Cabir worm bluejacks cellphones
First there was bluejacking - spamming nearby Bluetooth device users with unsolicited messages. Then came bluesnarfing, stealing the contact information found on vulnerable devices. Now a new worm has been discovered that is capable of bluejacking nearby cellphones running the Symbian Series 60 operating system.
All That is Wireless
From Bradley Mitchell, your About.com guide to everything wireless. Though not specific to wireless antivirus, a great source for general information on wireless networking.
F-Secure Wireless Solutions
F-Secure provides several security solutions the Pocket PC and Nokia 9200 Communicator Series handheld devices, including both antivirus software and encryption tools.
Global Palm Virus Information Center
F-Secure is ready for wireless with this antivirus research site devoted specifically to wireless devices.
Kaspersky Security for PDA
Kaspersky Security for PDA is a unique combination of tools protecting data stored on PDAs. The software provides full-scale protection of personal data stored on PDA computers running the most popular operating systems - Windows CE and Palm OS, and also provides full control over access.
McAfee.com Wireless Security Center
Featuring online virus scanning for handheld devices, subscription-based services include virus alerting and security news for the Palm.
Palm Breach
Not a hot vacation spot, Palm Breach is the title of an excellent paper written and delivered by Eric Chien of Symantec, at the 10th Annual Virus Bulletin Conference.
Palm/Phage Virus Details
Describing it as low risk, Sophos analysts describe the first virus to infect Palm applications.
PC-cillin
Antivirus software for desktop PCs, PC-cillin also provides mobile users the extra protection needed to stay virus-free on the road, including Wi-Fi connection security and PDA synchronization protection.
Security Without Boundaries
Specific to wireless device protection, F-Secure takes an interesting and forward-looking view at security in a society where boundaries are fluid.
Seven Steps to Success in the Mobile Wireless Enterprise
Touting Embrace, Empower, Securing, and Service as their motto, F-Secure delivers a comprehensive white paper designed to enourage the use of new wireless technology and teaching the necessary steps to safety.

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