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IN the middle derasnya growth in smart mobile phone users around the world, the criminals began to zero in any virtual target to get there. Threat of virus that is now a scourge of computer users began to attack the smart mobile phone users grew fourfold in the last three years.

"This is still far less in number. Our system detects around 750 new malicious programs that attack smartphone," said Nathan Wang, Director of Technology at Kaspersky Asia Pacific visit to Indonesia last week. This amount is much smaller than the attacker computer malware that until the end of years ago to reach about 20 million species.

Although small, mobile phone virus is not less cruel than the computer virus. The impact of the light may only disrupt the activities and performance of devices such as Cabir, the first malicious program that attacks the phone with the Symbian operating system began in June 2004.

Cabir worm, which is the type of conduct is always scanning for other devices for active mobile phone and attempt to spread via Bluetooth other device. Time multimedia communication flare start, in March 2005 show music, the first virus to spread using the MMS itself. Some of them use the PC to spread themselves as Worm.MSIL.Cxover.

Later the virus also attacks to hurt financially smartphone users. For example Worm.SymbOS.Steal and the Trojan War-Spy.SymbOS.Flexispy who steal data. Trojan.SymbOS.Cardblock and Worm.MSIL.Cxover even mendelete data in memory. Even a short message such as hijack Trojan-SMS.J2ME.RedBrowser send spam, so the phone automatically.

In the 2008 holiday Imlek ago, one of smartphone users in Taiyuan, China should pay the bill tumefy turbulence ulah virus. Could not, due to infection, ponselnya automatically send an MMS message in as many as 3124 night. Tagihannya also list up to 10 meters.

Recently Kaspersky Lab even detect malicious programs that steal money using a mobile banking transaction via SMS. Trojan-SMS.Python.Flocker detected ago in January 2009 to send commands to transfer money between 0,45-0,90 U.S. dollars to a bank account.

"Scenario of the PC at this time are also valid in the smartphone," said Nathan Wang. The threat of viruses and the like on the smartphone with no less a threat in the personal computer.

To anticipate the attack of the virus in the smartphone, developers of antivirus bermarkas in Russia that provide special software Kaspersky Mobile Security (KMS). This software is designed to prevent the withdrawal mobile antivirus infected computer. KMS is supported also features a firewall for protection earlier.

Like the anti-PC, the security of the scheme is through the main update signature. Kaspersky detects each time a new virus, updates will be issued so that the device safe from threats. However, with the firewall, not the threat of new entry in the list can still be strained if the suspicious activity.

In fact, this software has also been equipped with features antimaling as compared to PC, the smartphone is easier to move the hands are moving. With this feature, the risk of theft of important data on the mobile phone can be pressed if seaktu-time mobile phone missing.

Presence of features antimaling important meningat survey BPMF (Business Performance Management Forum) course in 2005 showed that 25 percent of the device moves to bring important information. Meanwhile, Sans Institute record 30 percent of users lose their devices every year his fists. In fact, The Technology Network Wincondin record more than 250,000 handheld lost in U.S. airports each year and about 100,000 devices found in the underground station in London.

Antimaling to activate the feature, the user must provide contact numbers in addition to the number of SIM dipakainya. If a mobile phone when hilnag and thief cardnya change the SIM, the device automatically sends an SMS to the number and let the thief used.

By sending the message to clean the number, all data stored in memory, such as SMS, contact numbers, picture, and video will be deleted. However, while these features can only be used to remove the internal memory only. Pesna lock can also be used to lock the phone so that it can not be used.

"In the future we will be complete with GPS tracking so that the location can be a thief," said Wang.

Good features and antivirus antimaling basically provided to secure the personal data as far as possible. With this fact, it is clear that the security protection of the smartphone to be absolutely sure than careful in their communications that the free and open.

Tri Wahono