Just read this article on Destructoid that tells of a strange virus that's spreading amongst the XBOX 360 Modern Warfare 2 community. The virus, which started as a mod for the PC version of MW2, constitutes of the player obtaining infinite grenades and ammunition (alongside weapons that never require reloading) and appears to infect its victims via "carrier" players who have caught it from another player (which has earned it some delightful comparisons to STDs).
 
As of now there is no cure for the bug, but Microsoft and Infinity Ward have both released assurances of their speedy progress on a solution as well as threatening those spreading the virus with permanent XBOX Live bans. Destructoid alludes to this being some kind of uprising by disgruntled MW2 PC players due to the decision by IW to axe dedicated servers, but I think this is simply a case of people on the internet being assholes. Again.

While the symptoms of this glitch may initially seem appealing to some, try to remember that a game isn't fun if it has no rules, especially if that game revolves around competition on a level playing field. With that in mind, you might want to steer clear of MW2's competitive online offering for the next few days while the issue is resolved. Hell, there's always Spec Ops with friends, right? 
 
Thanks for reading,
End Boss.

sounds sexually attractive.. and well, very painful to say the least. 

That's funny because today when participating in a messed up 9 v 9 FFA match on Rust I completed a challenge called STD. The description was "Transmission complete"

" That's funny because today when participating in a messed up 9 v 9 FFA match on Rust I completed a challenge called STD. The description was "Transmission complete" "

SO THAT IS WHAT THE FUCK HAS BEEN GOING ON!!! 
 
It's weird.  The minute that the Javelin glitch was fixed, this shit started popping up where queuing me and my buddies up as a party in TDM, Domination, or Ground War was somehow popping us into Private Matches for an FFA on Rust...or outright disconnecting us...or all kinds of shit.  Now I know what this is.  Appreciate you looking out for it. 
 
Lately, Modern Warfare 2 has turned into nothing but an annoying and broken piece of shit with all this IWNet bullshit.  Can they SERIOUSLY just drop it already?  I mean, it's not like the matchmaking even works well.  How is it balanced when one team has P3 level 60s and the other team has non-P level 30s and 40s?

" SO THAT IS WHAT THE FUCK HAS BEEN GOING ON!!!  It's weird.  The minute that the Javelin glitch was fixed, this shit started popping up where queuing me and my buddies up as a party in TDM, Domination, or Ground War was somehow popping us into Private Matches for an FFA on Rust...or outright disconnecting us...or all kinds of shit.  Now I know what this is.  Appreciate you looking out for it.  Lately, Modern Warfare 2 has turned into nothing but an annoying and broken piece of shit with all this IWNet bullshit.  Can they SERIOUSLY just drop it already?  I mean, it's not like the matchmaking even works well.  How is it balanced when one team has P3 level 60s and the other team has non-P level 30s and 40s? "

" Lately, Modern Warfare 2 has turned into nothing but an annoying and broken piece of shit with all this IWNet bullshit.  Can they SERIOUSLY just drop it already?  I mean, it's not like the matchmaking even works well.  How is it balanced when one team has P3 level 60s and the other team has non-P level 30s and 40s? "

I was watching some of those glitch videos on Youtube for the heck of it, and some people said your 360's HDD cache might be the carrier for these 'infectious' mods.  Who knows, but you might try clearing your cache if you care to.
 
IW is probably wishing they had a nice beta period like they had with COD4 at this point.  Doesn't help that there are so many disgruntled people out to try to ruin the experience for others.

I couldn't find a normal game last night, now I can't find an infinite ammo one.

I didn't know something like this could be done, a multiplayer virus guess we'll be needing anti virus and pop up blockers on our 360 soon. Wonder how its spread because if i get banned for spreading it just because i got put into one of these glitched games by the match making i'll be pretty pissed. Note to infinity ward don't piss off pc gamers or they'll do some hardcore shit. 

So wait, someone could be a carrier without even knowing it?

" So wait, someone could be a carrier without even knowing it? "

I didn't know something like this could be done, a multiplayer virus guess we'll be needing anti virus and pop up blockers on our 360 soon. Wonder how its spread because if i get banned for spreading it just because i got put into one of these glitched games by the match making i'll be pretty pissed. Note to infinity ward don't piss off pc gamers or they'll do some hardcore shit.

Wow.  I'm kind of glad I haven't played MW2 online since launch week with all of this stuff going on with the online community.

" @natetodamax said:

" So wait, someone could be a carrier without even knowing it? "

As I understand it, you'll know if you're "infected" if you can shoot forever.  P.S. If you find that you can shoot forever, I would steer way clear of MW2 until a patch is released. "

" @natetodamax said:

" So wait, someone could be a carrier without even knowing it? "

As I understand it, you'll know if you're "infected" if you can shoot forever.  P.S. If you find that you can shoot forever, I would steer way clear of MW2 until a patch is released. "

" @End_Boss said:

" @natetodamax said:

" So wait, someone could be a carrier without even knowing it? "

As I understand it, you'll know if you're "infected" if you can shoot forever.  P.S. If you find that you can shoot forever, I would steer way clear of MW2 until a patch is released. "

My dad has encountered unlimited ammo a few times and I've encountered it once. Does this mean we are in danger of being banned? "

Was doing a bit more research.
 
Sounds like the glitch is related to a glitch enabling exp earning in private matches, the glitch can then spread.  Turning off the 360 should clear the glitch from your own console.
 
Basically if they fix the private match counting as ranked, they should fix the unlimited ammo glitch in the process.
 
Supposedly nothing to do with modding of any kind.

" Was doing a bit more research.  Sounds like the glitch is related to a glitch enabling exp earning in private matches, the glitch can then spread.  Turning off the 360 should clear the glitch from your own console.  Basically if they fix the private match counting as ranked, they should fix the unlimited ammo glitch in the process. "

" @End_Boss said:

" @natetodamax said:

" So wait, someone could be a carrier without even knowing it? "

As I understand it, you'll know if you're "infected" if you can shoot forever.  P.S. If you find that you can shoot forever, I would steer way clear of MW2 until a patch is released. "

My dad has encountered unlimited ammo a few times and I've encountered it once. Does this mean we are in danger of being banned? "

Modern Warfare 2 has been really buggy lately, which has already been said with the whole Public/Private match glitch. Still, on twitter @fourzerotwo said that they were even going to patch the overpowered 1887 shotguns.

" Modern Warfare 2 has been really buggy lately, which has already been said with the whole Public/Private match glitch. Still, on twitter @fourzerotwo said that they were even going to patch the overpowered 1887 shotguns. "

Hmm sounds like herpes but the side effects don't suck.

I got that yesterday and stayed with the party. 
 
Only time I ever used the grenade launcher. Shit's fun. But broken and sad.

So i'm still not finding these matches. Is Mercenary Team Deathmatch immune or something?

Im really considering selling this game , have I lost faith , or am I seeing sense ? Need advice lol :p

Yeah , I'll give it time but if it still has flaws by the time Bad Company 2 hits , its getting traded . At least I have some Faith in Dice :p Thanks for the advice <3

Everyone knows this is going on...its just a matter of when its going to be fixed. Destructoid also have no idea how it started, so I like how they make it sound like they have it all figured out and the blamed pointed at "mad PC players" instead of IW themselves in releasing a game in good shape, when its proven to be the glitchest high profile game probably of all time so far.

Yo End_Boss, wanna go play some spec-ops, maybe bro out?

"  Lately, Modern Warfare 2 has turned into nothing but an annoying and broken piece of shit with all this IWNet bullshit.  "

This is bad? I want to get this "disease". Seems like a ton of fun.

" This is bad? I want to get this "disease". Seems like a ton of fun. "

" I was watching some of those glitch videos on Youtube for the heck of it, and some people said your 360's HDD cache might be the carrier for these 'infectious' mods.  Who knows, but you might try clearing your cache if you care to.  IW is probably wishing they had a nice beta period like they had with COD4 at this point.  Doesn't help that there are so many disgruntled people out to try to ruin the experience for others. "

Yeah, MW2 is more broken than W@W...  I'm selling it for Borderlands or something that I'll actually enjoy...

There was an update today.  Don't know if that was the fix for it or not, but I know that fourzerotwo's Twitter said they were working on an update to not only fix this issue, but also to balance the 1887s out. 
 
And I've gotta say...if they balanced the 1887s out...then they merely balanced them out to be goddamn sniper rifles, because I had assholes killing me from WAAAAAAAAY further away today than they were last night. 
 
Oh WHY do I torture myself with this game's multiplayer?

 And I've gotta say...if they balanced the 1887s out...then they merely balanced them out to be goddamn sniper rifles, because I had assholes killing me from WAAAAAAAAY further away today than they were last night.  Oh WHY do I torture myself with this game's multiplayer? "