Hacking Bricking preventor?

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I remember there being some files that can brick your DS.
So now my question is, is there a way to scan the files for any danger of bricking?
Like some sort virus scanner to scan files for these dangers..

and isn't there a danger for these files to enter via wifi?
and can there be something done about this?, or does bricking your ds kill the warranty?

I really don't want my new DS lite to turn in a useless brick.

It really would be nice if there was some sort of protection homebrew thing against these things.
 
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QUOTE(djgarf @ Aug 5 2007 said:
their is
it's called flashme
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... and if you screw up the flashme, you can brick your ds too.
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QUOTE said:
3.3 Brick

A non functioning unit. A DS/GBA/PSP that has been corrupted and will no longer work; resulting in it being a heavy unusable paperweight, i.e. brick.
The most common way of bricking Nintendo DS consoles is when an error occurs during the installation of flashme. Replacing the operating system is a risky operation, so proceed carefully.
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There is only one homebrew with the bricking virus, so you don't need to worry.

Just don't download something until someone else downloads it.
 
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Only idiots brick their DS's when flashing them. If you have even a little bit of intelligence it's pretty much impossible to screw up. I've flashed over 20 DS Phats, and over 10 DS Lites. I've even UNflashed a few DS phats and lites, which is more dangerous than the initial flashing but still easy as hell. Also, getting rid of the health screen warning is also nice.
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You can use dslazy to scan for this "crashme", but I have never even seen a piece of malware for the DS avalible for download.
You could flash your DS, but it is very Dangerous to flash a lite. If you had a phat, it would be no trouble, but for now just download from trusted sites.
 

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