Virus spread via mobile
The hotlines of Pakistani providers were running hot because of a rumor that a virus could be spread over the mobile network. I don’t talk about a computer- or mobile-virus but a virus which infect humans.
The fear of such a virus was that big, that the telcos had to announce statements to calm down the costumers.
It is not known who brought up this buzz, but it’s a funny little story!
Via: futurezone.orf.at (German)
16. April 2007 um 13:11
In Austria we call this “Hallophonitis”. Especially women are very often infected by this terrible virus. The only way to heal infected people is to shock them with their mobile-phone-bill