Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Can a Playstation 3 get a virus by surfing the internet?

Update:

In resonse to the answer below that the Playstation 3 was not a hard drive computer, that is incorrect because it does have a hard drive, it has memory, it has a processor and it can even take a usb keyboard and mouse and has it's own web browser. You can also download content from the internet onto it..... which is why I seriously worry that it could be vulnarable to viruses just like a computer. The only thing I am not sure of is the fact that it is not a Windows machine and appears to have it's own operating system.

5 Answers

Relevance
  • Nymo
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Well, The PSP Is Much Like The PS3, With The Web Browser And The Works, And There Is No Virus Warnings For The PSP..

    You Can Also Download Content To The PSP, Like Game Demos, But Sony Has Put Strict Security To Only Play Sony Computer Entertainment Approved Game Content..

    And I Think That's The Case For The PS3: Sony Will Continously Put Out Updates That Will Put Better Security To It, Avoiding Any Virus Attacks..

    And I Belive The Web Browser Will Let You Know If Something Is Happening, Much Like The PSP.. Something As Simple As A Javascript That Wants To Open A New Tab..

    I Think Only When You Download Questionable Content On The Web Browser Is When You'll Worry, Or Go To Questionable Sites..

    The PS3 Basically Is It's Own OS, With Some Usage Of Linux, I Belive..

    But The PS3 Can Use Other OS, According To The Online Manual (1)..

    I Think When You'll Be Using That, You Should Worry..

    Overall, You Shouldn't Worry..

    Sony Does Say That The PS3 Is Much Like A Computer, But You Souldn't Worry Too Much About Viruses, Spyware, And Such If You Keep Updating Your PS3's Firmware..

    Hope To Help, And If You Have Any Additional Questions, Don't Hesitate To Contact Me, And I'll See What I Can Do!

    Source(s): (1) http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/cur... Previous Knowledge Sony G.A.P. Member
  • 1 decade ago

    It could, but it would be extreamly hard to keep the virus there. The reason being is a reset button and well, it's not a hard-drive computer.

  • ASTRO
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    My Ques Is That Yeah....But Its Power By Linux So You Should Not Be That Worried...

  • kydd
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    it could, someone would just have to take the time to work it out, but it could, and we all know sooner or later someone will figure out a way

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't think it can. Technically, it's not a computer

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.