Just a few days after professional researchers studying mobile viruses received information about the a virus called Crossover, that jumps between computers and mobile devices, on Tuesday, security experts issued a public warning on a new wild Trojan horse capable of infecting nearly any cellphone in the world. What is even more alarming is that the Trojan program sends SMS messages at premium rates instead of retrieving wireless application protocol pages, thus costing the user more per download said experts.

J2ME/RedBrowser.a arrives in a JAR file named "redbrowser.jar." The Java Archive or JAR, file format enables users to bundle multiple files into a single archive file and contains the class files and auxiliary resources associated with applets and applications. Many cellphones use Java for games, and some other programs, hence all Java phones are at risk.

The risk assessment of this threat has been updated to low-profiled as it represents a new proof of concept (POC) for premium-rate SMS fraud on a variety of mobile platforms. Experts have called this new threat a clear indicator that malicious code writers are expanding into mobile territory.

"Carefully read following description of RedBrowser program. This programme allows viewing WAP pages without GPRS connection," is the message that is displayed on infected phones upon startup and so far this Trojan runs on the Nokia 6681, Sony-Ericsson W800i and Blackberry 8700c phones. xperts have warned that mobile threats will spread faster as faster download speeds are a common feature among next generation wireless networks. The Trojan malware requires users to intentionally install it upon their cell phone.

Public sector Hindustan Petroleum, auto major TVS group and private sector bank ICICI on Wednesday joined hands to launch a smart card, which would be accepted at HPCL petrol stations and TVS network of automobile repair services.

Launching the card at a function here, B. Gururajan, general manager (south), Hindustan Petroleum, said the new card would provide value added services to its customers.

Already, HP’s Club HP smart card had 5.5 lakh members all over the country and the customers in the south would be offered the new cards, he said.

Girish Paliath, general manager, MyTVS, said MYTVS offered a range of emergency services and automobile services throughout South India and Hindustan Petroleum customers would be greatly benefited by the tie-up.

The card is priced at Rs 365 per year and can be purchased at Hindustan Petroleum outlets, he said.

The Hyderabad-based Satyam Computer Services Ltd, an IT services firm, said on Wednesday it will be setting up operations in Guangzhou, China. An agreement to this effect was signed in Bangalore on Wednesday in the presence of Zhang Guangning, mayor of Guangzhou and B. Rama Raju, managing director of Satyam, a company release said.

"Satyam has plans to increase its presence significantly in China. We are encouraged by the support that we are receiving from several provinces in China and are only too pleased to further expand our presence. The setting up of the operations centre, though in a small manner, is the first step before we set up a large development centre in China," the release quoted Murali V., senior vice-president, Satyam, saying.

"We are happy to extend our support to Satyam to set up their centre in our province. We believe that Satyam can add to the development that we are focusing in bringing to this region," said Mr Zhang. "Satyam in China is strategic to our Asia Pacific operations as it helps address our global customers based in China. Being one of the first Indian organisations to enter China, Satyam has grown its presence in China to 250 associates," said Virender Aggarwal, director and senior vice-president, Asia-Pacific, India and Africa.