New Eboot Loader For The PSP [PSPBrick]

gizmodo.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:49:55 EDT

DO U HOMEBREW? Of course you do, that's why Sony hates you. Enough rhyme. The new bootloader has come out for firmware 2.0 and it's got the goods. This version,0.7, has a lot of nice new features. You can now exit back to the loader if a program has an exit function. Most importantly, emulation is back. SNES and Game Gear (like you were just dying to play Game Gear) support is back in version 0.7. There's also a multitude of horrible homemade games out there that will also work with version 2.0, ya know, in case you get bored of GTA: LCS. Now that's not the only news however. Some idiot out there decided to make a fake PSP unbricker. Yes, it pretends to unbrick your PSP, but actually doesn't. It's just a renamed Winamp installer. Way to go loser.

Firmware 2.0 Eboot Loader v0.7 for PSP [PSP Updates]

Warning: Fake PSP Unbricker [PSP Updates]

PSPBrick In The Wall [Portable Media]

gizmodo.com — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:25:09 EDT

You know a virus or piece of malware is bad when Symantec starts giving a shit. Well they've dubbed the first piece of trojan software for the PlayStation Portable "PSPBrick." The key thing about PSPBrick though is that it can only work if you've got your PSP patched to run homebrew software. Otherwise, no worries. So if you break your warranty, you're at risk. Fair trade, right? PSPBrick will turn your PSP into a useless piece of machinery—slather some mortar on the back and lay it into your garden wall. The only defense against PSPBrick is some homebrew code written by Dark Killer called PSafeP that will combat malware on the PSP. If it's too late though, and you've got a PSP that's a brick, well too bad. There is currently no fix to get your important firmware files back and the cheapest alternative is to buy a $99 replacement board you can install yourself. Good luck, and don't say I didn't warn you!

PSP fake patcher trojan gets a name [Afterdawn]

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New Eboot Loader For The PSP [PSPBrick]

PSPBrick In The Wall [Portable Media]