Beware: Sony PSP Viruses Do Exist

Gaming — 07 October 2005

Symantec has confirmed that a virus for the Sony PSP does in fact exist. The virus, which was seeded in a PSP chat room, was marketed as a mod that allows you to use non-Sony software on your PSP. Once downloaded the virus Trojan.PSPBrick leaves the PSP inoperable. F-Secure has also identified another virus, EXPLOIT 2G PSP Team V1.RAR, which deletes necessary files on the Sony PSP and apparently the process is irreversible.

According to Symantec, the viruses only truly threaten a small portion of the Sony PSP gaming community as they are targeted at the modders. The viruses were released following a hack that allowed you to downgrade your PSP firmware from 2.0 back to 1.5. The downgrade was created because the new firmware, 2.0, which limited modders abilities.

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Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."

John

is there a way to fix this problem?
avin

I’ve actually seen and experienced a couple of new or basic flash viruses on my psp,I had one where the volume liked to fight with me,where i would push the + volume button and it would automatically go to zero by itself,i had to get a remote to control it,the second that really annoyed me and a freind was where it afected the screen lighting,and the earphone sound quality(ex:jazz,unique,classical,etc.)and i would count this one as a virus but we did download something that deleted my memory stick and would’nt let me add anything new to it,and when I did figure that one out out of my system backups a freind made had tinkered with my game “wipeout:pure” and had switched the image meanings for weapons and had put the ship in a constant confusion state,as did it affect my other games by maming legend of heroes run in circles or a character as a monster,or where you would attack and you would receive damage,I have also seen something where it would affect the web browser for psPortals and the basic web browser set on the PSP,symetec should update the viruses for this littl peice of equipment
evan

YEah and i wonder who made this virus SONY duh
and they can go to hell and suck caulk they think your only allowwed to run what they say on the system that we buy its just anouther computer monopoly as u say it its a wonder why sony soy they wont help psp owners that got the virus they made the dam thing personly they should because it means your psp is broken i wish i was rich id sue them some how……..
o yeah here this is for u sony (_)_):::::::D u can it it up the ass
jim

my psp analog stick is so faulty i use it and it freeezeeees!
Randy

I think that psp viruses dont affect my psp because everything i downloaded i downloaded straight to my psp and nothing has happened 2 me. But my psp is Gangsta it dont play dat shit. If a virus come on my psp it gotta deal wit bmc and cant nobody survive dat so fuck dem wannabe false claimin viruses. BITCHES!! BMC on Decc Hoe!!!
jason

ahhh i dont know if this is a virus but i cant delete anything of my psp it apears to be gone untill i turn it on again and its all there
PSP

my psp just told me its at risk.and did the same deleting thing the memory stik heats up and it down loaded a corrupted file
Kevin

i have the same problem as avin my psp lighting thing is stuck at the lowest and the volume thing is broken but now i really want to warn people about this cus i dunt want this to be happenin to other people my psp is completely broken i use the internet alot and one night when i was on the internet my psp completely froze nothing worked and then it shut off now it wont go back on but when i put the charger in the red light still goes up .. pelase guys be careful this pisses me off email me at K-cotroneo@hotmail.com if youv had the same thing or know how to fix it
Kevin

i have the same problem as avin my psp lighting thing is stuck at the lowest and the volume thing is broken but now i really want to warn people about this cus i dunt want this to be happenin to other people my psp is completely broken i use the internet alot and one night when i was on the internet my psp completely froze nothing worked and then it shut off now it wont go back on but when i put the charger in the red light still goes up .. pelase guys be careful this pisses me off email me at K-cotroneo@hotmail.com if youv had the same thing or know how to fix it.. oh and if someone else here uses psp video 9 i think that might be it i think that avin might use psp video 9 … and if sony is behind this then FU*K YOU SONY
mark

ok my psp isnt doing anything except,
the green power light turns on for like 15 seconds and then turns off there is no sound or picture on the screen its just a black screen do i have the virus
Daniel

10. mark | July 7th, 2007 at 8:34 pm

ok my psp isnt doing anything except,
the green power light turns on for like 15 seconds and then turns off there is no sound or picture on the screen its just a black screen do i have the virus

ITS NOT A VIRUS YOU’RE PSP IS DEFECTIVE. I BOOUGHT MINE WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT AND IT DID THE SAME THING. TAKE IT BACK FOR A FULL REFUND OR FREE EXCHANGE
Dude

My friend got a virus that jacked up his Internet JavaScript. Now it randomly page and goes to it. All the games on the Internet are jacked too. He can still play it, but he neglects the Internet. There is no way to fix it either… :-(
jimmy

MY PSP IS BLACKED OUT I TURN IT ON AND NOTHING HAPPENS LIKE WHAT THE FUQ MAN THIS IS PISING ME OF HHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anand

My PSP behaves sometimes like somebody is pressing the start button repeatedly. for example when we open the internet brower it exits to the main menu immediatly
Is this a virus?
Lona

ok… if ur psp is blacked out… well if you tried to downgrade or add themes to your psp i you bricked it. you have to unbrick it. either that or its DEFECTIVE. look up unbricking on youtube videos its has tutorials on how to unbrick.
Ben Davis

i brought a brand new star war sony psp, my brother download window vista on the psp, now my psp is going hay wire, i can’t get on the internet because it seems the select button is stuck, i open the psp and it seems to be fine, do i have a virus ?

yes

it is a virus beware your games will get messed up like mine

Zach

to Randy: I saw your add on this site and I was wondering what “BMC” is. Is that some kind of virus protector or something?
random

the up buton goes round and round on games and meau
the ghost

im having a similar problem my psp’s volume button is stuck at zero and the right trigger is being rapidly pressed but i cleaned out the psp three or four times and the problem still occurs. Is this a virus and can it be fixed. if anyone has any info please post it or email me. thx.
jeremy

my psp has completely frozen and when i turn it on i cant do anything its completely frozen how do i reboot it

this is an urgent message plz help me

i begging you plzzz
bob

my psp volume and start buttons arent working what should i do & if i have a virus does it go away sombody please answer my question
http://5.09 farbod

i dont know what happen to my psp the photos that i have taken arent coming sometimes writind there are no images can any one answer my question
seraph

hellppp me,my psp just tarted deleting all my data and it doesnt read my memory stick, my internet browser typing system doesnt work and the start button was flashing and now it doesnot work
http://myspace.com/xbe_modder jzon french

i have an bug that counters that virus.so just hit me up by myspace or email
antwon

my psp is acting very slow and it wont let me do anything when hooked up to my pc it changed my psp name into ULUS-10299
i cant get in to any files plz tell me what i should do
daniel

can anyone help me my psp is going haywire like crazy!!! like when i went to the internet it shows internet on the backround and when i click internet it wont go back just the main page is that a virus? also when i play my game the home button works but when i want to exit to yes and get out it wont work like it will get frozen and i have to yank out the battery pack. can anyone help me? if you can email me at daniel.dimag@gmail.com thank you if you can help me. =]
Jacob

my psp is like in slow motion and the screen keeps gliching and pixelising.then it freezes. has this happened to anybody else? can you tell me how to fix it? freakin annoying.
HHHHHEEELLPP
totz

my psp wont let me add or remove things from it… it seems like it hide the folders containing my files! i dint download anything but i copied a game from another psp…is it a virus?
Anonymous

my psp wont even go to the start screen
http://myspace.com/xbe_modder jzon french

ok need help email me at

jzonfrench@hotmail.com
Stoner

I got a psp 3000 and the d pad works all awesome when im at the start menu but then when i go to type exp. Web browser login’s it just moves right as if i was holding the right d pad istekse@yahoo.com
gary.brooks23@mocospace.com

im a psp tech modder….i can fix viruses and blue/black screen of death….and also if you want to just email to talk abt psp shxt ….im here for THE DARK SIDE……..HACKERS UNITE…..If u need help shoot me an email at gary.brooks23@yahoo.com or gary.brooks23@mocospace.com……alternatly u can also txt me 9124097799