The newly discovered attack software targets smartphones running the Symbian operating system. Security company SimWorks said the program was called METAL Gear.A This example of the user downloaded and installed it as a game Metal Gear Solid
Like the recently discovered Skulls, METAL Gear.A also inserts a deep version of Cabir into the machine. Once this has been done, it can turn off anti-virus and file-browsing applications. In addition, METAL Gear.A also created a file called SEXXXY.sis for phones with Bluetooth capabilities in the wave zone. If the neighboring device user accepts this file, it switches off the application selection button of the device.
"If you download METAL Gear.A or SEXXXY, it will be very difficult to fix the consequences," said SimWorks CEO Aaron Davidson. "This Trojan can disable all the tools on the phone that the user needs to fix the damage it causes."
SimWorks is a software company that provides antivirus software for Symbian phones.
