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Damn - My Phone Just Got Hit By 'Ace-' Virus

Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17
Posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1660 times:

Received a call about 2 hours ago where the caller I.D was Ace- and now my mobile phone is completely dead and won't connect to the network. Sad Anyone know anything about this?

I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?

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707cmf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 33
Reply 1, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1514 times:

Which network are you on, and what brand is your phone ?

Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17
Reply 2, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1507 times:

It is a Siemens SL45 and I am on O2 (BT Cellnet)

I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?

We're Nuts From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5705 posts, RR: 22
Reply 3, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1415 times:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99320.htm

Funny, your phone was just killed by a hoax.

Bend over, heads down, stay down!

Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17
Reply 4, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1380 times:

Well I'm glad it's a hoax - that explains why my phone says 'No network' then Yeah sure

I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?

We're Nuts From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5705 posts, RR: 22
Reply 5, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1371 times:

Is it possible those are just two unrelated occurrences?

Bend over, heads down, stay down!

Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17
Reply 6, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1342 times:

A bit of a big co-incidence though! Seriously dude, hoax or not the fact is I have received a message saying Ace and now my phone is screwed! Actually it's just the sim. Unless it's a hoax on top of a hoax, or someone is playing silly buggars!!!

I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?

BA747-436 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 1259 posts, RR: 18
Reply 7, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1344 times:

Ever thought about contacting your Network provider and telling them? Maybe you locked your phone by trying to get the pin right and not doing so twice in a row. Easily done when you've had a few to many and are seeing tripple Big grin

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Lapper From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 1507 posts, RR: 8
Reply 8, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1340 times:

Ryan, according to that URL above, this "virus" will destroy your IMEI code as well. Have you tried entering *#06# on your phone? This gives you your IMEI number.

Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17
Reply 9, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1330 times:

I entered the code and got a huge long number. I assume that's the IMEI. But having said all of that, why would my phone go done after receiving an Ace message?!!? A bit of a co-incidence - surely not? Now my phone is saying 'card error'. Bollox......

I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?

707cmf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 33
Reply 10, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1332 times:

Well, if it was a SMS, I would be prone to believe it a bit more, but a call ?

707cmf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 33
Reply 11, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1334 times:

Have you tried to put the Sim card in an other phone ?
Or maybe just take it off, clean it and put it back, sometimes it's enough.

Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17
Reply 12, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1334 times:

And before anyone asks - no I am not ILS/Flightlevel!!!! When I get home I'll take a digital photo of my phone (with wierd error message) and post it so maybe that might help?

I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?

Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17
Reply 13, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1325 times:

No a text message, not a call. Not a call. I opened the call (text) and the message was blank, but the user ID was Ace- But a call is the same as a text surely?

Sorry, but this is too much of a coincidence!

I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?

707cmf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 33
Reply 14, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1315 times:

Actually, calls and SMSes are completely different. On certain SIM card, instructions can be send by the operator directly to the SIM via some particular SMSes, called SMS PP Data download. That is valid if the card supports Sim Application Toolkit feature.

So, the next question is : is your card SAT enabled (it's not really common in UK). To check it, I need you to check the main menu of your phone (with the SIM card in the phone). Do you have an entry between 'help' and 'organiser ? (it would be something added by your network operator)

We're Nuts From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5705 posts, RR: 22
Reply 15, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1283 times:

No one is calling you a liar. Calm down, we'll figure this out. First off, call your service provider. If they can't find an explanation, tell McAfee to update their listing. The Ace- hoax just came alive.

Bend over, heads down, stay down!

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