Submitted by Mike Grenville on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:53

Software that can send a copy of all text messages to/from a mobile automatically and undetected has added Bluetooth as a way of installation on the target phone.

The telephone monitoring software from Neo-Call is neither detectable as a virus nor has been labeled as malware.

By integrating Bluetooth technology into Neo-LOG PRO, users can eliminate data transfer charges between phones using Bluetooth and can set transfers according to a regular schedule or on request.

Until now the options to transfer data from the target phone were SMS and GPRS. With the addition of Bluetooth to extract the data, it can even be downloaded from prepaid phones that have run out of credit.

Once the software is installed on a target phone, the telephone number can be set with a predefined monitoring number. Then whenever someone places a call to or from the target phone, their telephone numbers, voice recordings and text messages can be heard and recorded by someone calling from the phone with the predefined number. The software also provides a means of determining where a cell phone is geographically at a given moment.

Neo-Call says that the software can be used to check a wayward spouse's phone, see if your teenager is dealing drugs or has fallen in with the wrong crowd, track a stolen car, see if employees are sharing secrets and keep track of members of a sales force, or use as a mobile baby monitor.

The company says that it’s impossible to find out, or to be sure that the software has been installed on your phone. The only way to remove it would be a hard reset to factory defaults that will loose any settings, contacts, software or anything else saved on your phone. So next time you accept a Bluetooth file transfer, make sure you know where it is coming from! More details www.mobile-secuware.com.