Palm OS
From lessons in biology, we know that viruses infect every other organism, without exception, including even the tiniest bacteria. Thus, biologists and anti-virus experts were not surprised to hear of the first malware infections of mobile devices. The first PDA virus appeared on the Palm platform in 2000.
The Palm OS has a different architecture from desktop computers, so it is less suscep-tible to immediate infections from existing desktop viruses. In addition, the Palm has certain safeguards built into the OS to help protect data at various points. Nevertheless, Palm eventually succumbed to its first virus. In addition, experts predict future infections to be far worse.
The Palm has several potential methods of infection. For example, ...
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