Before this dwindles into a Sony PlayStation 3 versus Microsoft XBOX 360 argument, let’s just start and stop with the warning via Destructoid that if you enjoy Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 on the XBOX 360, I would wait from playing online until this is fixed for good.

If you’re playing Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360, you might want to lay low for a few days. Yet another problem has been discovered in Infinity Ward’s game, and this one’s a real bastard, with the ability to “infect” your profile and turn you into the game equivalent of an HIV carrier.

According to reports, players get “infected” by unwittingly joining a private match hosted by a carrier. They then get hit by the same issue – unlimited ammo and no reloads – and can pass it on if the end up hosting any games themselves. Allegedly, it’s “spreading like an STD.”

This unique issue started out as a mod on the PC version of the game, which we spoke about yesterday. It has been transported to the XBOX 360 and put to more sinister work. Infinity Ward is apparently “working” on the issue, and it appears that Microsoft is wielding its banhammer for anybody caught employing it.

So yeah. The potential that you might get hit with a hack, get banned and not even know you got it is rather high on this popular game. I would play it cool and not online for a while.

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