If you have received 255 new text messages be aware. You re not popular, you just caught the new SMS virus. 255 new messages are a bit much, even for those with the busiest social calendar. It is more likely that someone has an axe to grind and is spamming the receiver. An SMS virus cannot be sent on automatically to the whole address book.
Someone needs to pass it on manually.
The virus is spreading rapidly in Germany at the moment, but if your phone catches it you can get rid of it much easier than your traditional PC viruses. The program that allegedly made this virus is Finnish and it is called Flashmsg, according to the Danish newspaper Ekstrabladet. The source of contamination sends a special code to the person he or she loathes. The receiver will see annoying ICM signs on the screen and 255 incoming text messages. Still, the virus doesn t do much harm.