QuantumTheory
Oct27-05, 11:14 PM
For all of those who don't know already, PSP is sony's new multimedia device, which is also the leading edge in portable gaming. The CPU and raw graphics power is superpassing the PS1, not quite the PS2, amazing for any handheld. It also you can view photos, slideshows, listen to MP3's, and video as well as they make movies for it (full lenght, i.e american pie) with no extras unlike DVDs.
The medium in which information is stored (i.e games or movies) is relatively new properitary format called UMD. (Universal Media Disc) basically a mini disc. It can hold more data than a gamecube disc can hold for the Nintendo Gamecube.
Now since I got the background out of the way, here's my problem. (Note: I have posted about this on the sony forums, no luck)
With a verison called 2.0, sony regularly releases updates for the PSP to improve the PSP system. A few months ago, sony released 2.0 verison, which has a built in wireless browser in it. YOu can browse the web on your PSP
Mine was working fine until a few weeks ago. Suddenly, whenever I went to google, I got a ton of poups, and it actually never went to the google site. It went to a site called www.google.com/disclaimer. And other popups.
It even had a popup made like a spyware program and it said "We are scanning your internet browser for spyware. You have spyware on your internet browser." and listed the spyware that I had. I was smart enough to realize this was just an ad.
Nevertheless, people have told me there is no spyware for the PSP, and sony would have to sign for it.
If there is no spyware, this problem is definitely new to me and the PSP community. Because these popups don't happen to any other website, just google.com and I used to not have these problems.
Recently, a hacker created a virus for the PSP which you can download unwillingly on accident and it will 'brick' your psp which means it deletes the critical system files and makes it so you cannot turn your PSP back on. This is agianst the warranty and you will have to pay another 250 bucks to buy another.
I also wanted to say, this is not just one or two popups. These are several popups.
This is what I get when I go to google:
(PSP Message screen, which looks like a translucent blue window)
"Javascript will open a new page. Would you like to continue?"(Options: disable javascript. Yes or no)
I click yes.
Javascript will open a new page. Would you like to continue?"(Options: disable javascript. Yes or no)
I click yes
Javascript will open a new page. Would you like to continue?"(Options: disable javascript. Yes or no)
Each time it does this, it generates popups. The javascript is actually a popup And if I click disable, it won't go to the site.
Also, after a certain number of these javascripts, I get something which looks like a hacker put on my PSP, I don't see why the PSP would have this message on it:
"Your PSP is vulerable to popus. Would you like to install a popup blocker?"
A popup blocker on my PSP? Come on! I even downloaded it, which in itself couldve wrecked my PSP. Still, same thing happens.
The medium in which information is stored (i.e games or movies) is relatively new properitary format called UMD. (Universal Media Disc) basically a mini disc. It can hold more data than a gamecube disc can hold for the Nintendo Gamecube.
Now since I got the background out of the way, here's my problem. (Note: I have posted about this on the sony forums, no luck)
With a verison called 2.0, sony regularly releases updates for the PSP to improve the PSP system. A few months ago, sony released 2.0 verison, which has a built in wireless browser in it. YOu can browse the web on your PSP
Mine was working fine until a few weeks ago. Suddenly, whenever I went to google, I got a ton of poups, and it actually never went to the google site. It went to a site called www.google.com/disclaimer. And other popups.
It even had a popup made like a spyware program and it said "We are scanning your internet browser for spyware. You have spyware on your internet browser." and listed the spyware that I had. I was smart enough to realize this was just an ad.
Nevertheless, people have told me there is no spyware for the PSP, and sony would have to sign for it.
If there is no spyware, this problem is definitely new to me and the PSP community. Because these popups don't happen to any other website, just google.com and I used to not have these problems.
Recently, a hacker created a virus for the PSP which you can download unwillingly on accident and it will 'brick' your psp which means it deletes the critical system files and makes it so you cannot turn your PSP back on. This is agianst the warranty and you will have to pay another 250 bucks to buy another.
I also wanted to say, this is not just one or two popups. These are several popups.
This is what I get when I go to google:
(PSP Message screen, which looks like a translucent blue window)
"Javascript will open a new page. Would you like to continue?"(Options: disable javascript. Yes or no)
I click yes.
Javascript will open a new page. Would you like to continue?"(Options: disable javascript. Yes or no)
I click yes
Javascript will open a new page. Would you like to continue?"(Options: disable javascript. Yes or no)
Each time it does this, it generates popups. The javascript is actually a popup And if I click disable, it won't go to the site.
Also, after a certain number of these javascripts, I get something which looks like a hacker put on my PSP, I don't see why the PSP would have this message on it:
"Your PSP is vulerable to popus. Would you like to install a popup blocker?"
A popup blocker on my PSP? Come on! I even downloaded it, which in itself couldve wrecked my PSP. Still, same thing happens.