Sims 2 Hacks Spread Like Viruses?

The famous Sims 2, the successor of the well acclaimed The Sims, have a serious bug. Those of you who have applied the Hack, would have notice odd behaviour in your items. This article from securityfocus have the details. In sort, the problem of this hack arrise when you start to use the Sims 2 Exchange to exchange and share items and download stuff... the hack/virus get downloaded to your local Sims 2 as well, ruining your existing creation...