Yes, Mobile Phones can also get viruses like computers and they can cause trouble as well as financial losses, so here are some tips for you to be on the safe side of things.

First, What exactly do mobile viruses do, you would wonder. Well, they send infected MMS messages to every phone number in your contact list and since sending MMS messages are not free and the bad part is you are actually paying money to send viruses to your friends, family and business associates.

Virus can do many things to your phone, like delete all contact details, tamper or create fake contact or calender entries in the phone, lock or crash certain application within the phone, and can make some malicious things to show up as games, pornographic material or free download.

In all these methods, the user install it knowingly or otherwise. But some clever kind of virus open and installs itself or the bug by disguising it as a desirable application.

Some basic precaution and rules of protecting from these viruses to get into your cell phone.

Don’t ever install any application you don’t know or trust.
Keep Bluetooth off most of the time, just enable when you need.
Don’t accept files that is coming from unknown source or unfamiliar sources.
Don’t download unscanned material from sites and sharing networks, don’t open unless scanned.
DON’T EVER accept an unknown file or INVITATION through Bluetooth or WEB, what so ever!

Further more:

Secure you network

Get security software, most of industry leaders have also issued a mobile version of their antiviruses products, such as Norton smartphone security by Norton.

Protect your data

Password managers and data encryption are available for your mobile wireless security. These programs require a password each time you access information including Credit card, bank account or car details. For BlackBerry users use Crypt magic to secure your data with Password.