Hand-to-hand combat.New software applications take aim at viruses that attack Palm OS devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Palm OS devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. When the Trojan Horse See Trojan. Trojan Horse hollow horse concealed soldiers, enabling them to enter and capture Troy. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad] See : Deceit (application, security) Trojan horse virus hit handheld devices shortly before Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend, it was cause for concern. Trojan Horse (also called Palm_Liberty.A) was the first known virus to attack handheld devices running the Palm operating system. It affected devices manufactured by Handspring, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , TRG TRG Training Group TRG The Resource Group TRG Technical Resource Group TRG Technical Review Group TRG Technology Research Group TRG Tory Reform Group TRG Tactical Reconnaissance Group TRG Training received (on overtime forms) , Symbol Technologies--and, of course, Palm. Trojan Horse (not to be confused with the mythical wooden beast--or the PC virus) was written for an application called Liberty, which lets Palm OS devices run Nintendo Gameboy games. The virus was disguised as a file that converts a free shareware version of Liberty into the full, registered version. But when run, it attempts to delete all add-on or third-party applications. "While this Trojan is considered low risk and has infected relatively few people, it is indicative of [viruses] to come," says Patti Dock, vice president of marketing at McAfee .com Corp. in Sunnyvale, California. Part of the problem is that standard antivirus and firewall applications cannot protect your handheld from viruses that may be introduced when you synchronize data between your computer and handheld device. Palm users can now breathe a sigh of relief because leading software vendors are offering some level of protection. For $29.95 annually, McAfee.com's Wireless Security Center delivers downloadable virus protection for Palm, Symbian, and Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. . The VirusScan application scans for viruses each time you attempt to sync with your PC and blocks synchronization until you've deleted the destructive code. Guard Dog for Palms, monitors the transfer of data and protects passwords, files, and memory from virus attacks. Additionally, Symantec Corp., in Cupertino, California, has just released a beta version of its Norton AntiVirus for the Palm OS. The program can detect a virus on a PC before data is synchronized to the Palm device. Palm OS users can download the program at www.symantec.com/avcenter. If you're not sure whether your device has the virus, here's a quick way to check set the Hot Sync Manager to Desktop Overwrite (1) A data entry mode that writes over existing characters on screen when new characters are typed in. Contrast with insert mode. (2) To record new data on top of existing data such as when a disk record or file is updated. Handheld. This overwrites the infected files with a clean version. |
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