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Just a heads up, Google Chrome says this site contains malware. www.wowpedia.org-malware.png —EGingell^TC Treader of Cenarion Circle 20:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

A Curse-wide ad provider got flagged. MMO-C is showing the same warning. I tweeted something to that effect but there's nothing we can do from our end until Google clears us. --k_d³ 21:42, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Sad. —EGingell^TC Treader of Cenarion Circle 03:54, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Official notice

Earlier today (1 November 2012) Curse was notified by Google that there was a script known to be malicious being served though some of our sites. Upon further inspection Curse has determined the script was being served through ad placements from a 3rd party. These ads were being served as they normally would; however, due to a security breach at the 3rd party, a malicious JS was being served that was put in their passback system.

We have managed to identify the 3rd party, who is well known to be trusted, as the source of the script. They have been contacted about the compromise and have removed the malicious script being served to not only Curse, but possibly everyone with whom they work. They are still investigating the breach.

Curse takes security extremely seriously and has removed all 3rd party ad partners until the investigation is complete. We will keep you informed of the outcome of this investigation. In the meantime, we recommend you run a malware scan on your computer. You can run a free scan at http://www.malwarebytes.org/. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.

Has this been resolved?

I admit I have hesitated for some time to come here, seeing as I've had these "js/scripts" pop up several times in the days since this news came out. I am curious if I can actually start coming here again without compulsively running Malwarebytes every time I do. -- Joshmaul, Loremaster of Chaos (Leave a Message) 05:55, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Google isn't giving a warning for the site anymore, but I've been getting hit by iffy ads off and on. I just now abandoned some edits due to an ad blanking over the browser, giving the "your computer needs virus protection!" scam. I don't like getting harassed while trying to update the site sans AdBlock. MerryC (talk) 07:13, 24 April 2013 (UTC)