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They cannot get them... even with the HDD.
A virus could store itself on a HDD in theory. Then what? It will face 2 problems:
1) It might be told to delete "c:startup" by the original programmer... these types of files do not exist on a console
2) What CAN it do! There is no perminant store of memory on consoles (except for the HDD) that can be written to!
The ONLY thing that I could possibly think of is that a virus could theoretically duplicate itself, thus filling up the HDD drive! WOW!
Sonic
A virus could store itself on a HDD in theory. Then what? It will face 2 problems:
1) It might be told to delete "c:startup" by the original programmer... these types of files do not exist on a console
2) What CAN it do! There is no perminant store of memory on consoles (except for the HDD) that can be written to!
The ONLY thing that I could possibly think of is that a virus could theoretically duplicate itself, thus filling up the HDD drive! WOW!
Sonic
Bonus wrote:
> Reaper[DC] wrote:
Considering that the PS2's main system settings
> can
> be updated via a memory card
The systems Firmware
> cannot be changed all the PS2s memory card can do is change the
> default settings on boot up. Sony have said any updates to the DVD
> player etc. would have to be saved to the memory card as there is no
> way to alter the firmware!!
is this true for the Jap PS2s where the DVD drivers WERE on the memory cards?
Sonic
> Reaper[DC] wrote:
Considering that the PS2's main system settings
> can
> be updated via a memory card
The systems Firmware
> cannot be changed all the PS2s memory card can do is change the
> default settings on boot up. Sony have said any updates to the DVD
> player etc. would have to be saved to the memory card as there is no
> way to alter the firmware!!
is this true for the Jap PS2s where the DVD drivers WERE on the memory cards?
Sonic
Yes, I think I could have made the original comment clearer there..
Point still stands, a DVD driver could be duped to prevent playback of DVDs.
Point still stands, a DVD driver could be duped to prevent playback of DVDs.
Reaper[DC] wrote:
Considering that the PS2's main system settings can
> be updated via a memory card
The systems Firmware cannot be changed all the PS2s memory card can do is change the default settings on boot up. Sony have said any updates to the DVD player etc. would have to be saved to the memory card as there is no way to alter the firmware!!
Considering that the PS2's main system settings can
> be updated via a memory card
The systems Firmware cannot be changed all the PS2s memory card can do is change the default settings on boot up. Sony have said any updates to the DVD player etc. would have to be saved to the memory card as there is no way to alter the firmware!!
er-no wrote:
> Sadly the biggest ever console virus has not yet taken place, this
> virus is something which will destroy all good games as we know them
> it will wipe out great classic games and replace them for horrible
> repetitive titles. The virues will become so expensive that in the
> end people will have to pay for it to actually stop it from
> affecting them, the virus is big, the virus is actually an object,
> in the shape of no ordinary virus, as this virus is X shaped. This
> virus is the XBox.
Sound more like Electronic Arts to me. FIFA 2010, anyone?
> Sadly the biggest ever console virus has not yet taken place, this
> virus is something which will destroy all good games as we know them
> it will wipe out great classic games and replace them for horrible
> repetitive titles. The virues will become so expensive that in the
> end people will have to pay for it to actually stop it from
> affecting them, the virus is big, the virus is actually an object,
> in the shape of no ordinary virus, as this virus is X shaped. This
> virus is the XBox.
Sound more like Electronic Arts to me. FIFA 2010, anyone?
Reaper[DC] wrote:
Considering that the PS2's main system settings can
> be updated via a memory card, but the effect this had would depend
> on how many of the settings could be changed, and how important
> these are. A corrupted/fake file wouldn;t be hard to fool the
> console with.
wow! I didn't know that you can update the PS2 with the Memory card... actually, seeing as the original jap PS2s needed to store the DVD drivers ion the card I should have realised this.
But can they do any damage... Actually, now I think about it, this could be a problem. It could wipe DVD drivers... but that would only affect jap systems mind... so who cares!
Sonic
Considering that the PS2's main system settings can
> be updated via a memory card, but the effect this had would depend
> on how many of the settings could be changed, and how important
> these are. A corrupted/fake file wouldn;t be hard to fool the
> console with.
wow! I didn't know that you can update the PS2 with the Memory card... actually, seeing as the original jap PS2s needed to store the DVD drivers ion the card I should have realised this.
But can they do any damage... Actually, now I think about it, this could be a problem. It could wipe DVD drivers... but that would only affect jap systems mind... so who cares!
Sonic
A stardard virus could be adapted to whatever file system the console HDDs end up using, thus deleting all the content. Other than that, until they actually affect the bios of the console, there's very little they can do (unplug the HDD and continue as normal...).
Considering that the PS2's main system settings can be updated via a memory card, but the effect this had would depend on how many of the settings could be changed, and how important these are. A corrupted/fake file wouldn;t be hard to fool the console with.
Considering that the PS2's main system settings can be updated via a memory card, but the effect this had would depend on how many of the settings could be changed, and how important these are. A corrupted/fake file wouldn;t be hard to fool the console with.
turbonutter wrote:
> That's pretty obvious.
Why did you post this? Who said
> otherwise?
someone in the chat forum wasn't sure...
and anyway, there's this misconception that you turn on an xbox and get a window's OS! ummm.. well some DC games used Windows CE... and that really used a windows OS!
Sonic
> That's pretty obvious.
Why did you post this? Who said
> otherwise?
someone in the chat forum wasn't sure...
and anyway, there's this misconception that you turn on an xbox and get a window's OS! ummm.. well some DC games used Windows CE... and that really used a windows OS!
Sonic
Sadly the biggest ever console virus has not yet taken place, this virus is something which will destroy all good games as we know them it will wipe out great classic games and replace them for horrible repetitive titles. The virues will become so expensive that in the end people will have to pay for it to actually stop it from affecting them, the virus is big, the virus is actually an object, in the shape of no ordinary virus, as this virus is X shaped. This virus is the XBox.
That's pretty obvious.
Why did you post this? Who said otherwise?
Why did you post this? Who said otherwise?
They cannot get them... even with the HDD.
A virus could store itself on a HDD in theory. Then what? It will face 2 problems:
1) It might be told to delete "c:startup" by the original programmer... these types of files do not exist on a console
2) What CAN it do! There is no perminant store of memory on consoles (except for the HDD) that can be written to!
The ONLY thing that I could possibly think of is that a virus could theoretically duplicate itself, thus filling up the HDD drive! WOW!
Sonic
A virus could store itself on a HDD in theory. Then what? It will face 2 problems:
1) It might be told to delete "c:startup" by the original programmer... these types of files do not exist on a console
2) What CAN it do! There is no perminant store of memory on consoles (except for the HDD) that can be written to!
The ONLY thing that I could possibly think of is that a virus could theoretically duplicate itself, thus filling up the HDD drive! WOW!
Sonic