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  1. 20th Oct 2007, 9:23 PM #1
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    Default Mobile phone "push message"

    Has anyone else had a "push message" on their mobile, or know what it is? My wife got a text message tonight, but rather than displaying the number of the person sending the text, displayed a series of numbers and slashes followed by the words "push message". A friend said it may be a mobile virus and advised to delete it (which she did). But does anyone know what this is? Could the virus suggestion be right enough, or are we over-reacting and just reading something sinister into something quite innocent which we just haven't experienced before?
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  2. 20th Oct 2007, 10:38 PM #2
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    I'd never heard of it either but I just Googled it and clicky.
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    If it isn't a virus, it sounds to me like a pile of gobbledegook which, if you weren't expecting it, you're best off deleting anyway.
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  4. 20th Oct 2007, 11:31 PM #4
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    Delete it, forget about it.
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  5. 21st Oct 2007, 9:09 AM #5
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  6. 22nd Oct 2007, 9:19 PM #6
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    Most mobiles now have a Push Inbox. Basically these are browser messages usually concerned with marketing of somesort (or occasionally offers from your service provider), and usually take you to a mobile internet page.

    Don't worry it's not a virus, but usually best deleted.

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