MobileMan250
16-02-2005, 06:02 PM
Hi guys
Howz it going? Well I need to know how to remove a virus. I didn't even know it was a virus until I came here and accidently stumbled upon this topic.
When I executed bluetooth on my 6600 on a certain day I received an app called caribe from some unknown source. I guess somebody's mobile was infected with this and kept on sending this virus to other bluetooth devices. So anyway I didn't know what it was and installed it. Well nothing came up actually so I closed that app. But thanks to this forum I came to know that this is a virus. I was suffering from battery drainage and wondered if this was the case since this virus keeps bluetooth on always even when the phone is switched off. So I found a scanner for this virus and ran it. The app said virus removed but I want to see if all the files relating to this virus if removed. I came to know that a good file manager can search the system folder for these files. I have the file manager on my 6600 which comes standard with the phone. But I can't find an option where I can see the systems files as well. Can somebody help me on this. What manager can do this?
Thanks.
PS-By the way given below is the instruction on how to get rid of the caribe files.
To remove SymbOS.Cabir:
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Install a file manager program on the phone.
Enable the option to view the files in the system directory.
Search the drives, A through Y, for the \SYSTEM\APPS\CARIBE directory.
Delete the files CARIBE.APP, CARIBE.RSC, and FLO.MDL from the \CARIBE directory.
Go to the C:\SYSTEM\SYMBIANSECUREDATA\CARIBESECURITYMANAGER directory.
Delete the files CARIBE.APP, CARIBE.RSC, and CARIBE.SIS.
Go to the C:\SYSTEM\RECOGS directory.
Delete the file, FLO.MDL.
Go to the C:\SYSTEM\INSTALLS directory.
Delete the file, CARIBE.SIS.
Note: You cannot delete the file CARIBE.RSC when the program is running.
If you cannot delete this file in steps 4 and 6, delete all the files that you can, restart the phone, and then delete the CARIBE.RSC file.
Howz it going? Well I need to know how to remove a virus. I didn't even know it was a virus until I came here and accidently stumbled upon this topic.
When I executed bluetooth on my 6600 on a certain day I received an app called caribe from some unknown source. I guess somebody's mobile was infected with this and kept on sending this virus to other bluetooth devices. So anyway I didn't know what it was and installed it. Well nothing came up actually so I closed that app. But thanks to this forum I came to know that this is a virus. I was suffering from battery drainage and wondered if this was the case since this virus keeps bluetooth on always even when the phone is switched off. So I found a scanner for this virus and ran it. The app said virus removed but I want to see if all the files relating to this virus if removed. I came to know that a good file manager can search the system folder for these files. I have the file manager on my 6600 which comes standard with the phone. But I can't find an option where I can see the systems files as well. Can somebody help me on this. What manager can do this?
Thanks.
PS-By the way given below is the instruction on how to get rid of the caribe files.
To remove SymbOS.Cabir:
--------------------------------
Install a file manager program on the phone.
Enable the option to view the files in the system directory.
Search the drives, A through Y, for the \SYSTEM\APPS\CARIBE directory.
Delete the files CARIBE.APP, CARIBE.RSC, and FLO.MDL from the \CARIBE directory.
Go to the C:\SYSTEM\SYMBIANSECUREDATA\CARIBESECURITYMANAGER directory.
Delete the files CARIBE.APP, CARIBE.RSC, and CARIBE.SIS.
Go to the C:\SYSTEM\RECOGS directory.
Delete the file, FLO.MDL.
Go to the C:\SYSTEM\INSTALLS directory.
Delete the file, CARIBE.SIS.
Note: You cannot delete the file CARIBE.RSC when the program is running.
If you cannot delete this file in steps 4 and 6, delete all the files that you can, restart the phone, and then delete the CARIBE.RSC file.