NEWS The FunLove virus infects machines running the Windows OS by posing as a system program and can automatically spread itself across a network via shared hard drives. The server was contaminated from 19 April until 20 April. Microsoft confirmed the virus had been passed on to the networks of some of its top customers 170 times.
Where do you want to go today? Microsoft gives virus room to roam
Microsoft has admitted that it may have inadvertently infected up to 26 of its support customers with a virus through one of its servers used to post bug fixes and patches.
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