Do you remember that nasty “Curse of Silence” that could stop all incoming SMS and MMS messages on S60 devices? Nokia has now released a free cleanup tool called SMS Cleaner.
While many carriers moved quickly to block such attacks, not all did so the risk remains out there. Nokia’s fix will certainly help but it is not the same as a firmware update that would eliminate the vulnerability entirely. Nokia warns that other “Curse of Silence” messages may be queued up, waiting for you to clean up your phone. If so, you’ll need to rerun the cleanup tool as many times as you get these SMS (not my idea of fun).
The SMS Cleaner is available at www.europe.nokia.com/smscleaner. You can download it directly to your phone or to your PC and then transfer it and install it via Nokia PC Suite or using a memory card.