id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-001172 New study describes risk of mobile phone virus attacks | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 579 19 47 New study describes risk of mobile phone virus attacks New study describes risk of mobile phone virus attacks Published: June 11, 2009 Author: Marissa Runkle Traditional cell phones have been immune to viruses because they lack standardized operating systems. “We believe that the understanding of the basic spreading patterns presented here could help estimate the realistic risks carried by mobile phone viruses and aid in the development of proper measures so as to avoid the costly impact of future outbreaks,” he said. cache/news-001172.html txt/news-001172.txt