Xbox Ban hammer strikes again..

Tuesday 20 November

Reports started apearing over the web of 360 owners once again getting banned but, how & why?

Well once again its down to the Backups (& not the firmware or mod) being detected so, it seems Being ixtreme compatible is not enough anymore. If your backup is of a pre-release, has been ripped poorly or has incorrect stealth files (pfi, dmi ssector) it will be identified by Xbox live as so and you also face a Live ban. Once again, if you do not use live then this should not bother you at all.

What to do?

Well first go grab: Xdvdmulleter

Read the tutorial: TUT HERE

And start checking your backups..

Alternatively you could just wait for the "infectus" chip to be released which can assist you in getting unbanned. Click Me

Guess i will be trying that out soon as i can get one fitted...

** Update **

Well i'm no longer banned (& rightly so i say) as of tonight (17-12-07) i have been reinstated on Live. This is very interesting as it proves a few things..

• Consoles can be unbanned. (Good news if you bought a banned one from GAME)
• There current detection method sucks.
• They have NOT yet successfully detected firmware.
• This latest ban was based upon Backups
• Somebody at MS is looking for a new job.

Dr3wst3r