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Sims 2 Hacks Spread Like Viruses

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-control-the-horizontal-and-the-vertical dept.

jowens writes "SecurityFocus reports that players sharing house designs through Electronic Arts' Sims 2 Exchange are finding their game behaving oddly: espresso machines mysteriously satisfy all the Sims needs, Sims are suddenly comfortable with open relationships, and the social worker no longer cares how they treat their children. It turns out hacks were spreading invisibly with Sims 2 lots, infecting thousands of downloadable homes, and catching Electronic Arts by surprise. The hackers, who never intended their hacks to be viruses, have even written their own AV scanner to find and control the outbreak."

4 of 311 comments (clear)

  1. Frost E. Piss? by Horse+Rotorvator+JAD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When the piss is released in sub zero weather it tends to be frosty.

  2. And..? by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's the difference between watching your little Sims goto a coffee machine over and over, and watching them walk up to something else 20 over and over.

    I've never seen the fun in Sims (yes I know it's a god game, but it's very very small scale). I just can't see a huge difference between this and well.. not this..

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    I like muppets.
  3. Re:So, a game which simulates live by Nevita · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And, on a Windows box, no less.
    Ahhh, the irony of it all.

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    Wise men learn more from fools than fools learn from the wise.
  4. Slightly changed Simpsons quote by bombadillo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Offtopic but I am hoping to start a new tradition in the likes of "Imagine a Beowolf Cluster..." and "In communist Russia".

    Lisa:
    You can't steal those supplies from that private school

    Principal Skinner:
    Welcome to Dick Chenney's new Simerica.