Have your Sims got a virus?
Sims 2 hacks spread like viruses. (Security Focus / Kevin Poulsen)
From the article: “Something strange is happening in the Sims 2 multiverse. Players of Electronic Arts’ enormously popular simulated life game are complaining that their artfully-crafted homes and mansions are beginning to resemble the Twilight Zone, thanks to an artifact of the game’s design that causes hacks to spread like viruses from user to unwitting user.“
If you read the article you’ll see the response from EA has been somewhat muted, but at least they’re not blaming the hack creators for the problem.