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17 Apr 2007
Fears of a deadly virus that can be transmitted by mobile phone have swept the Afghani capital of Kabul, prompting the government to step in and reassure the public.
Reports from inside the city suggest that mobile phone users are fearful that a biological virus is spreading via mobile phone calls. Rumours claim that several people have already died.
"Don't answer any strange number because it contains a virus that will kill you," Ahmad Fawad, a shop owner in Kabul, told Reuters.
The rumours have prompted officials from the Afghan Interior, Communications and Health ministries to go on television and appeal for calm, as well as trying to educate people on the impossibility of such a story.
The stories appear to have come from Pakistan, where similar rumours began spreading last week.
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Be real people!!!!!!!
There is no way that a VIRUS Can be transmitted through sound waves. It is physically impossible. There is on the other hand a way to disrupt nuerones in the brain with high frequency transmissions. That could possibly cause an embolism and kill you instantly. very very painful way to die. COME ON , See how easy that was, I had you going with that load of bulls--t. LOL
Posted by: Bear 05 May 2007
????
i fink it true coz lots of devices can effect you now these day's!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: sara 26 Apr 2007
mobile phone virus
i'm from uk and i've heard the same problems from my cusin in Bangladesh that answering unknown phone call can kill you. At first i thought it was a joke then more and more people talking about the same subject. i still dont understand how this can happen.
Posted by: SULTANA 24 Apr 2007
Virus
What a bunch of stupid people. Is this a joke? No one could be this dumb. Then again....
Posted by: John 17 Apr 2007