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'Trojan' is the correct description here

It is software that claims to do one thing, but secretly does something else in the background. A virus doesn't put on a pretty face. From http://smallbiz.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.pspbrick.html

Trojan.PSPBrick arrives as an archive file named EXPLOIT 2G PSP Team V1.RAR which consists of the files overflow.tif and h.bin. Instructions call for the file h.bin to be placed in the root of a USB device and overflow.tif in the folder /PSP/PHOTO/. This archive may also contain a text file called PSPTEAM.NFO.

When executed, Trojan.PSPBrick performs the following actions:

1. Deletes the following critical system files:

* /vsh/etc/index.dat
* /kd/loadcore.prx
* /kd/loadexec.prx
* flash6:/kd/init.prx

Notes:
* These files are required for restarting the Playstation Portable device correctly.

2. Displays the following message:

"Your 2.0[REMOVED]oot "
"Thank you P[REMOVED]ch team"
"Fu[REMOVED]ooser"

3. Displays the following message, when the file overflow.tif uses an exploit to cause the execution of h.bin:

"PS[REMOVED]2.0 firmware"
"Thank's t[REMOVED]2.0 exploit

4. Prevents the Playstation Portable device from restarting correctly once the Trojan is executed.

It purports to remove the anti-hacking firmware update, and even gives you a message telling you that's what it did when it's done. Trojan Horse all the way.

Posted by: Real World   Posted on: 10/07/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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