@Bioshocker12punch - We've already covered the fact that viruses for PCs cannot translate over to 360's...PC viruses wouldn't do crap to a 360...

It has to be coded to affect a 360, in order to well...affect a 360 >_>

quote icy_taco

It is very unlikely that the 360 can get a virus, like the red ring of death, although that was really because of faulty hardware.

Ok, well thanks for all the input.

Like i said it was only a thought, so i took the chance to start some kind of discussion to get an answer.

Thanks tallteen for your post, was very well explained, and all the rest of you too. Puts mine and my friends mind to rest i think.

Of course its possible, if it deliberatly coded to effect the Xbox 360 OS. But theres no way that you can recieve it, all the stuff you download is from the Marketplace.

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or me, its very possible. i have an xata where you direct your cpu to ur xbox. no, its not modded and im not a criminal i use it for purposes such as messanger so i can import saved contacts or download stuff staight from bungie.net without having to wait till i get on for it to download. so say, my cpu gets a virus it could transfer to moy xbox. thats why i have amazing firewall and antivirus applications.

alright, i'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my xbox 360. i have a pretty fast internet speed and a wireless-G 2.4 GHz Linksys broadbrand router. the problem is that my xbox 360 live game play is now really slow, to a point to where i cant play bad company n e more during the day (for some reason only at night) and COD4 has so much lag its impossible to play and it kicks me out after every match. Both of these games use to run like a dream but now they dont, i have even tried to play halo 3 and its the same story. it sucks so much, this all started happening the day after i got bad company. i didnt buy it in the marketplace ethier, it was preordered and shipped to me. im trying to figure out whats gone wrong im checking all possible anwsers, would it be a virus? does n e 1 know what would be wrong

quote Fenrir IX

alright, i'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my xbox 360. i have a pretty fast internet speed and a wireless-G 2.4 GHz Linksys broadbrand router. the problem is that my xbox 360 live game play is now really slow, to a point to where i cant play bad company n e more during the day (for some reason only at night) and COD4 has so much lag its impossible to play and it kicks me out after every match. Both of these games use to run like a dream but now they dont, i have even tried to play halo 3 and its the same story. it sucks so much, this all started happening the day after i got bad company. i didnt buy it in the marketplace ethier, it was preordered and shipped to me. im trying to figure out whats gone wrong im checking all possible anwsers, would it be a virus? does n e 1 know what would be wrong

And now you know why Microsoft will not allow you to download user-created content directly from other users.

I've seen people with backgrounds they downloaded to there 360 through a computer. Downloading some pictures to a computer can give it a virus, why not the 360? And if viruses are made only to effect windows why wouldn't M$ just start windows over from the ground up to make it viro proof?

because if MS built up Windows from a new framework (which i believe they are doing for Windows 7), it will most likely just get hacked again once it comes out. one of the main reasons Macintosh is virtually virus proof is cause not nearly as many ppl use it as do Windows.

There are currently no viruses coded for the 360, therefore it's impossible as of now. Like any system it's of course technically possible but impractical and virtually useless. A virus coded for Windows WILL NOT affect your 360 in anyway, shape or form because it's coded for Windows and not for your 360s OS. I suppose in theory one could code a hybrid virus but again, as of now such does not exist and probably never will due to the architecture of the console. It doesn't even have a web browser and all downloads are handled by Microsoft so distribution of any kind of malicious code is virtually impossible.

I don't think most people here actually know what a virus is or how it works.

a virus for the 360, wont happen.
not even if you had a modded 360, would be hard to spread to another xbox without a way of sending it

Maybe if someone had a cold and sneezed on your Xbox it would get a virus.