Virus Attack on Mobile Phone as an Impediment to Network Stability

Abstract

Viruses that infect cell phones especially Smartphone’s are beginning to emerge as a new obverse in the fight againstcomputer viruses. Cell phones viruses have become real as many smartphones and other modern cell phones featureinternet capability and contain storage space. Cell phones viruses can be harmful because they can steal personalinformation entered by the user that is useful in identity theft, make expensive calls using the victim’s account or rundown the battery quickly. In this paper, we will study mobile phone viruses and how the effect network stability.

Keywords: Virus, Cell Phones, Smartphones, Operating System (OS)