Feb 28, 2006

Redbrowser.A is a J2ME based Java Midlet that sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers. It affects all devices that support java sms -functionality. Redbrowser.A pretends to be a WAP browser that offers free WAP browsing using free SMS messages to send the WAP page contents. Actually Redbrowser.A sends SMS messages to expensive numbers, causing an increased phone bill to the user. Redbrowser.A contains a fixed list of ten phone numbers to which it sends the SMS messages. After Redbrowser.A has shown the texts, it picks a random number from the list and sends an SMS message to it.

For more information, please see:

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/redbrowser_a.shtml