Microsoft support customers received a nasty surprise when they were told that a number of the software giant's update files had been infected with the FunLove virus.
According to an alert sent out to the company's Premier Support and Gold Certified Partners customers, the infection period spanned "approximately two weeks from 6 April to 20 April".
Apparently, one server in a chain did not have antivirus software installed, although Microsoft has said that all other servers were protected.
The FunLove virus infects .exe, .scr and .ocx files on Windows machines. It then copies itself to other machines on the local network. If it infects an NT 4 machine it will allow all users access at administrator level.
Microsoft said around 170 infected update files were downloaded, and that customers have been notified.
Concerned users should contact their Microsoft account manager. The company has blocked access to a number of update files to protect customers.
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