virus company Lookout Mobile Security memperikarakan affected the number of mobile phone virus named Geinimi is about tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
Scientists say that the virus does not create great havoc, but they are sure, sooner or later, the virus is damaging the whole system. This disaster started in China but did not rule out the possibility that similar events occur in other areas, including Indonesia.
"We do not yet understand what the target of the virus. This can be anything from advertising networks harmful to part of the creation of botnets," said Kevin Mahaffey, chief of technology at the Lookout.
Botnets are a kind of tool to enslave the computer where the controller can perform identity theft, attack the data and convert the site into an email spam server.
The existence Geinimi become a kind of reminder that internet pirates attack the focus has shifted from PCs to target mobile devices. This is related to the phenomenon of many mobile phone users are increasingly being put sensitive data in their pocket.
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