Is it possible to get a virus on a cell phone?

Can a cell phone get a virus?

  • Someone sent me a message in the form of an IM and when I opened the application on my phone, my phone froze!

  • Answer:

    yes it can! If that happens, you may have to go to your service provider :)

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Yes, if you can receive Email or browse the Internet with your cell phone, it can get a virus.

Blue Jean

I think they can .. did'nt some one hack into paris hiltons phone.. But you know your cell phone can also really make you sick, you need to disinfect it once in a while. I would ask your phone retailer, maybe they can help you rid your self of the problem in the phone . Maybe your warrenty covers a new phone.

zachs mom

That happened to me one time! However, the im was from a friend, so i don't think it had to do with something they sent. But I took my phone to cingular, where they told me i had to send it in because it had some type of lock where the "brain" or whatever is in a phone was mixed up. You may want to take it in though, my phone never corrected itself. Good Luck!

hello there, cupcake

The newer your cell phone is, the easier it can get a virus because alot of newer cell phones these days are practically running on software like your computer does.

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LNU

no I dont think so

GAgirl

my phone does that every once and a wile all I have to do is tern it off then on

John K

yeah it can, but it can freeze if u press the buttons 2 fast

I_Taste_Like_Candi

I don't think its a virus, but rather your phone not being capable of opening the application you received. Cell phones can't receive viruses.

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