Virus writers create Nintendo DS Trojan.
Virus writers - no doubt inspired by news of the first
PlayStation Portable Trojan - have created the first malware to target the Nintendo DS handheld gaming console.
The simple Trojan, dubbed DSBrick, overwrites critical memory areas, preventing the console from booting up normally and thereby turning it into an expensive paper weight. Finnish security firm F-Secure reports the Trojan has been distributed in files with names such as r0mloader.zip and taihen.zip that pose as homebrew apps.
The malware can be run only on modified DS units so DSBrick is unlikely to cause much of a problem, F-Secure
reports. There's more on this story at Endgadget
here.
DS users, you no longer reserve the right to feel like virus-free Mac nerds to the PSP fanboys? PC dweeb?a trojan of the same kind as we saw before in the
Trojan.PSPBrick has come to brick that dual-screened gaming device of yours, and we ain?t talking about the
Neo DoubleGames here. So if you happen to be of the dubious persuasion to run 3rd party DS roms claiming to be
hentai viewers (ahem), don?t come whining to us when you?re stuck with a fancy paperweight trying to figure how to restore your DS to a playable state
DarkFader has released a fake DS ROM that claims to be a Hentai viewer or ROM loader but is in actual fact a program that will flash part of your firmware rendering your DS useless. It is apparently possible to fix the DS if you have FlashMe but otherwise you will be left with a brick. UPDATE: To fix if you have FlashMe hold A+B+SELECT+START when switching on the DS, you can then run the original FlashMe updater to restore the DS. There are also reports that it will erase G6, M3, gbamp and SuperCard firmware as well as deleting anything found on the CompactFlash card in the gbamp.
The file was originally released as taihen.zip (.nds size 548,673 bytes) which is an Hentai viewer and then as r0mloader.zip (.nds size 151,361 bytes) which claims to be a ROM loader. At the moment there is no way to be absolutely sure if a ROM is legit so please be VERY careful before trying any new homebrew.
From:
http://www.theregister.com/2005/10/12/nintendo_trojan/