Just a short Public Service Announcement for our users, particularly the ones who like their Homebrew on Nintendo platforms. The Homebrew community tends to be positive and participating in it is a recipe for a good time, but no group of people is free of bad actors with too much time on their hands. We have reason to believe that in the near future we'll see a lot of suspicious uploads of innocent-looking applications that are actually concealed console brickers and viruses. We came across a disconcerting threat against our site, among others, made by a Wii malware creator.

The safety of our users is our number one priority, so we strongly urge forum-goers to be weary of applications uploaded to the site recently, particularly if they come from relatively new accounts. We apologise for this inconvenience, but sadly there is little we can do besides staying vigilant and dealing swiftly with any and all suspicious content.

Stay safe, and keep on Tempin'!

 

[Deleted User]

From what we've seen, it's not very cute. Keep that in mind .

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Nope, this little kiddy just quickly smacked something together to ruin our day, so nothing should come of it in save files.

Whatever the name is, these people are pricks.

 

[MaxiBash]

Whatever the name is, these people are pricks.

More attention-seekers if you ask me. That is this guy's main goal anyway.

 

[jesus96]

they are mad because the wii won the past generation?

 

[dhtdht020]

they are mad because the wii won the past generation?

No, they just want attention, and here they got it: a troll made it to the gbatemp front page.

 

[Deleted User]

Guys! Use Emunand! Not that hard. Only important homebrew apps I use on the Switch is EdiZon for backing up/restoring save data and Tinfoil by blawar to handle files, install NSP and XCI, download things off my google drive link and much more. What more do you guys need? Unban switch homebrew app?

 

[Foxi4]

Guys! Use Emunand! Not that hard. Only important homebrew apps I use on the Switch is EdiZon for backing up/restoring save data and Tinfoil by blawar to handle files, install NSP and XCI, download things off my google drive link and much more. What more do you guys need? Unban switch homebrew app?

Uhm... Some people use homebrew that's *not* related to piracy, y'know.

 

[MaxiBash]

Anyway, stuff like this can go waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far, while the situation can be tackled with in a calm way, without even knowing it. In other words: Please unpin this, the guy who started all this wants attention, and now you're giving him what he wants.

 

[dhtdht020]

Please unpin, it's just a troll. He has got too much attention.
They have no ways of spreading this around, as far as we know they can't even afford their own server to store the malware and provide fake download links.

 

[grunt22fox]

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[Deleted member 398281]

Why even is this pinned? You're only giving this person the attention they're looking for. This is the internet, people themselves should be responsible for whatever happens to their system by downloading homebrew. Making a huge announcement about a possible threat (which, let's be honest, there's way more threats than just this one) is only causing unnecessary drama and attention.

 

[Foxi4]

These concerns have been addressed before - we're not linking to the Github, we're not mentioning him by name and we're not trying to cause a panic, we simply want users to be aware that perhaps they shouldn't install applications given to them by shady actors, nor should they download unverified binaries and just run them willy-nilly. He's not getting any publicity from this and I see no harm in warning users about potential threats made against the community, actionable or not.

 

[grunt22fox]

These concerns have been addressed before - we're not linking to the Github, we're not mentioning him by name and we're not trying to cause a panic, we simply want users to be aware that perhaps they shouldn't install applications given to them by shady actors, nor should they download unverified binaries and just run them willy-nilly. He's not getting any publicity from this and I see no harm in warning users about potential threats made against the community, actionable or not.

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[MaxiBash]

Still, you're posting his text he posted on his website here. That still is what this guy is looking for: His text in a GBAtemp thread.

Simply remove the spoilered part from the thread and people will no longer know who might be doing this from a text file on his website.

 

[Foxi4]

He is getting plenty of publicity in this, as you directly mentioned and quoted his project. I don't see your point here.

His name is redacted from the document, it's there because it mentions the malware he was planning to deploy, that's the only reason why it's even in the post.

 

[dhtdht020]

These concerns have been addressed before - we're not linking to the Github, we're not mentioning him by name and we're not trying to cause a panic, we simply want users to be aware that perhaps they shouldn't install applications given to them by shady actors, nor should they download unverified binaries and just run them willy-nilly. He's not getting any publicity from this and I see no harm in warning users about potential threats made against the community, actionable or not.

You've mentioned specifically their project and their malware. As a moderator in one of the biggest wii modding discord servers (and in the server it all first started), we've attempted our best to ensure the user's creations get ignored entirely- as they are just a troll.
You are definitely giving this publicity, and the person behind this is definitely enjoying their moment of fame.

 

[Deleted member 398281]

You might not be referring to this person in particular, but since creating this thread was a direct response of their actions, it's still indirectly giving this person and their actions attention which, in my opinion, is already too much.

 

[grunt22fox]

His name is redacted from the document, it's there because it mentions the malware he was planning to deploy, that's the only reason why it's even in the post.

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[Foxi4]

I don't know if I'm particularly bothered by how this person feels - if that's how he gets his jollies, that's his deal. With that said, you have a point - we'll remove the quote so that it is no longer attributed to him and his "creations". I hope that resolves the issue. I understand that your intentions are to reduce the level of attention he's getting, but that doesn't fully align with my intention of informing users about possible harm coming their way, which of course may or may not happen. At the end of the day, scene drama and "clowning" doesn't move the needle one bit on my , possible damage done to devices of our users does, so they deserve to be informed.

 

[dhtdht020]

I don't know if I'm particularly bothered by how this person feels - if that's how he gets his jollies, that's his deal. With that said, you have a point - we'll remove the quote so that it is no longer attributed to him and his "creations". I hope that resolves the issue. I understand that your intentions are to reduce the level of attention he's getting, but that doesn't fully align with my intention of informing users about possible harm coming their way, which of course may or may not happen. At the end of the day, scene drama and "clowning" doesn't move the needle one bit on my radar, possible damage done to decides of our users does, so they deserve to be informed.

Thank you so much!

 

[MaxiBash]

I don't know if I'm particularly bothered by how this person feels - if that's how he gets his jollies, that's his deal. With that said, you have a point - we'll remove the quote so that it is no longer attributed to him and his "creations". I hope that resolves the issue. I understand that your intentions are to reduce the level of attention he's getting, but that doesn't fully align with my intention of informing users about possible harm coming their way, which of course may or may not happen. At the end of the day, scene drama and "clowning" doesn't move the needle one bit on my radar, possible damage done to decides of our users does, so they deserve to be informed.

Thank you, means a lot to us!