relopsoul.blogg.se - Horizon for xbox 360 showing threat in virus

So, based on some of the research I did on this matter - yes, in theory you could get malicious software on your console, however, in practice it's nearly impossible as of now. Also, with the Xbox One switching to Windows 10 as its OS viruses could potentially be a bigger threat for all Windows systems. The bad thing, though, is that game consoles don't have any virus protection systems in place, as far as I know.

the full version doesnt recognize my controllers on linux. my xbox 360 controllers worked with the demo version. We had reports in the past of people with problems that were caused by other devices connected to the USB, try changing the USB where the controller is plugged in. I doubt that just messing with your machine is a prime goal for most viruses. The game is tested with 360, One and PS4 wired controllers.

Most computer viruses target PC specific software or hardware (for example, a Windows system file, or registry) since the creators of malicious software get very little gain from targeting a gaming console.

Again, pretty rare nowadays with all the website safety warnings and e-mail filtering. Basically, the only way to get it without connecting it to a PC would be to open a website or e-mail attachment that could, let's say, inject malicious code targeted towards Xbox into your system.

You can't actually download anything from IE on Xbox, so that eliminates the easiest way to get a virus.

However, it would be a pretty rare occurrence for several reasons: According to this post I found, you can indeed get a virus on Xbox 360, at least.