Posted Oct 06, 2005 at 02:56PM by Dan E. Listed in: News
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From 1up: “Today Symantec Security Response experts identified the first Trojan that targets Sony Playstation Portable systems, Trojan.PSPBrick, as a Category 1 threat (Category 5 being the worst). As of today, there are no confirmed infections, and we'd like to keep it that way!

The ‘virus’ that is being referred to is the PSP Team Patcher which will erase certain files from your flash memory on your PSP, rendering it useless. Keep in mind that there is a program to scan your eboot.pbp’s by Dark Killer called PSafeP (see post below hehe) and to only download from trusted sites who test the files before releasing them to the public.

Thanks for the news Soccrmastr =)

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   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

Category 1 threat. 5 being the worst.

This is good news, because it means the files are safe to use, ie they won't do anything to the PC.

I'd say it's a category 5 for people running 2.00 however.

   by RaiderX (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

"wow, virus's are now on psp's geeze maybe a sony member created this virus to scare people to update. its possible you know, they would do anything to stop piracy, maybe this is there way of saying FU*CK YOU PIRATERS!!!!!

By lilbart90, at 3:26 PM
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Wrong:
1) The "piraters" (all of us who play homebrew) would NEVER update or PATCH our firmware, so thta would be a stupid way to lure us into upgrading cuz a patch is obviously a homebrew exploit remover.

2) Sony wouldnt sabatage their own machine

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

I wouldn't be so shure about that...

Anyways: are files from pspupdates.qj.net secure?

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

my god. so many of you people are ****ing retarded. read the god damn info... THE VIRUS DELETES FILES OF YOUR FLASH MEM ON YOUR PSP... NOT YOUR MEM STICK MORONS... BACKING UP FILES WONT DO **** IF YOUR PSP WONT TURN ON ANYMORE. jeez...

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

WOOT FIRST!!!!!!HEHEH

   by Seek (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

Wow... the big boys getting involved. Hopefuly this dosn't spawn more PSPMalware.

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

I submitted the news a couple minutes ago surpirsed no one else go it yet woot! I cant belivee they accepted im so happy ;)

   by corneliousjd (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

they didn't take news or "steal it"

its news. stop crying. - they do a good job of covering everything, this is most people's one-stop-spot for psp news.

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   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

LAST POST!!!! WOOT!!!!!

   by DBLAZE (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

That's messed up that these ****s bricked some psp's. Damn...I would be looking for the source!!!

   by lilbart90 (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

wow, virus's are now on psp's geeze maybe a sony member created this virus to scare people to update. its possible you know, they would do anything to stop piracy, maybe this is there way of saying FU*CK YOU PIRATERS!!!!!

   by dante13th (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

Do you hear that? It's $ony laughing their a$$ off...

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

WHO GIVES A ****, SONY CAN SUCK MY ****, I WILL PIRATE ANYTIME ANYWHERE ANYHOW!!!

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

DONT YOU GUYS GET IT SONY REALEASES HALF OF THESE BRICK THINGS SO WHEN IT IS BRICKED YOU WOULD HAVE TO GIVE IT INTO SONY FOR A 2.1. Pure Guess though it is based on some real facts like 2.1 and sony not wanting u to use somebrew

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

asd..me to!!!

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

nobody cared this much when the xbox got hacked why is the psp such a big deal. I have a PS2 with a 80g hardrive with a bunch of free games I rented. I say just let it be already. Sony close your eyes and just move on.

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

"nobody cared this much when the xbox got hacked why is the psp such a big deal. I have a PS2 with a 80g hardrive with a bunch of free games I rented. I say just let it be already. Sony close your eyes and just move on."


*sniff* *sniff*

STFU! jK

SOONER OR LATA MODS WILL BE OUT....


then sony can shut thier eyes

mwhahhaahhaa mwhahahaaaha

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   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

@3:44pm

The xbox was microsoft, psp is sony. BIG DIFFERENCE. Look at windows XP now. it's been hacked and tweaked so many times, microsoft don't give a **** and just let it happen. But sony have to control everything. They are crap at meeting consumer satisfaction. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

who is this anonymous and why is they always first post ?

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

I would agree sony probably put out the scare, but u never know sum1 could have made a virus...

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

Anyone else find it kinda silly that a category 1 threat potentially destroys all use of the PSP? I bet category 5 forces the PSP to grow huge bloodsucking tentacles which could very well bring about the doom of our planet.

   by vargusvictor (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

there's lots of files that ppl use eryday (like most of the older loaders and the first downgrader that write to flash that have the potential to brick yer PSP. I guess this one just does it better than the others. maybe thats why its just a 1 cause it might just be someones bad code not intentional.

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

those bastards

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

THOSE BASTARDS!THEY KILLED THE PSP!!

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

Meh, not my problem

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOT MY PSP!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

the virus only breaks the mem. stick, not the psp. what if people only download stuff on cheap mem. sticks?

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   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

virus on psp? damn

   by seventoes (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

the virus only breaks the mem. stick, not the psp. what if people only download stuff on cheap mem. sticks?

No... it erases files off of your flash memory on ur PSP, meaning it deletes important files on the PSP itself, such as the one used to start up the PSP

   by Anonymous (Unregistered) - 2005-10-06

i think yoshis trying to get bak at us for are rude comments



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