ICE Virus Mobile Phone Hoax

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ICE Virus Mobile Phone Hoax

Type: Hoax
SubType: E-mail
Discovery Date: 07/15/2005
Length: N/A
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Minimum Engine: N/A
Description Added: 07/19/2005
Description Modified: 07/20/2005 12:04 AM (PT)

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Home User: N/A

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AVERT HOAX Notice!!

McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX.

This hoax has been forwarded due to misinformation related to I.C.E.. I.C.E. is an emergency contact system in the U.K., "In Case of Emergency", where people are encouraged to make a cell-phone address-book entry with their emergency contact information. This is to facilitate emergency medical technicians in contacting next of kin or to identify people.

More information about ICE can be found at: http://www.icecontact.com/ .

Further information about the hoax can be found at: http://www.paramedic.org.uk/news_archive/2005/07/news_item.2005-07-13.7479718592 .

We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.

Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.

WARNING - ICE IS PHONE BASED VIRUS, SEE BELOW!!  Be very careful with this one - although the intention is great it is unfortunately phase one of a phone based virus that is laying a path for propagating very quickly. Passing it on is part of the virus  interestingly, such is the deviousness of the people who write these things. We have already seen the "second phase" where a program is sent as part of a ring-tone download that goes into your address book and looks for something it recognises - you've guessed it, an address book entry marked "ICE or I.C.E." or whatever. It then sends itself to the "ICE list, charging you for the privilege.

Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT pass it on.

McAfee AVERT

Symptoms

Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

Method of Infection

Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

Removal

Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

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AVERT HOAX Notice!!

McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX.

More information about ICE can be found at: http://www.icecontact.com/ .

Further information about the hoax can be found at: http://www.paramedic.org.uk/news_archive/2005/07/news_item.2005-07-13.7479718592 .

We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.

Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.

WARNING - ICE IS PHONE BASED VIRUS, SEE BELOW!!  Be very careful with this one - although the intention is great it is unfortunately phase one of a phone based virus that is laying a path for propagating very quickly. Passing it on is part of the virus  interestingly, such is the deviousness of the people who write these things. We have already seen the "second phase" where a program is sent as part of a ring-tone download that goes into your address book and looks for something it recognises - you've guessed it, an address book entry marked "ICE or I.C.E." or whatever. It then sends itself to the "ICE list, charging you for the privilege.

Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT pass it on.

McAfee AVERT

Symptoms

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Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

Method of Infection

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Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

Removal -

Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

Variants

Variants -

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