Can ps3 catch viruses or spyware?

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... say this... there are definately viruses out there... i know because i was ... me he had planted a virus on my PS3 hard drive that would ... a threat, 72 hours later my PS3 crashed, and won't even "safemode"  more
as i know about at this movment there are no active spyware or viruses that the ps3 are conpattable with  more
hahah I really wouldn't worry about it. I have never heard of any sort of virus for ps3.  more
Everything is susceptible to spyware malware and viruses but the PS3 is a very closed ... kind of thing with the PS3.  more
There are no active threats that affect Playstation 3 consoles. Its file system is protected in such way that 3rd party applications are not allowed to tamper it.  more

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