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Technology Stocks : Nokia (NOK)
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To: JohnG who wrote (7024)8/30/2000 4:45:12 PM
From: Captain Jack  Read Replies (1) of 34857
 
AUG 30, 2000, M2 Communications - Programmers at the Norwegian mobile Internet
firm Web2wap.no have accidentally found a way to 'kill' Nokia phones with a
specific text message.

When the phone receives the message all keys, including the power key, stop
working. In some cases it is possible to reset the phone by removing the battery
but according to reports the message may also damage the SIM card.

Bjorn G Viksund, Web2wap's managing director, said in an interview for the
Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv that the programmers had also noted that
mobile phones which had received the text message were more susceptible to
malfunctions than other phones.

Viksund added that he could not exclude the possibility that a similar method
could be used to block Ericsson or Motorola phones.

Nokia has reportedly been informed of the problem, described as the 'world's
first mobile phone virus' and has started an investigation.
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