MMO Champ an attack site?

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Kharzak
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MMO Champ an attack site?

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For the first time today Avast has declared that MMO Champ is an attack site. Anyone else noticed this? I figure it's just Avast being a bit overprotective the way it is once in a while but thought I'd ask around.
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Any website that uses an ad network can become a vector if the network is compromised. Of course, mmo-champ might have been hacked ...
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Yea I am getting the same thing as well.
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They stated on Facebook that they have not been compromised and it's a glitch.
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I had the same thing happen to me with Elitist Jerks a few weeks ago. I didn't get that google page, but my anti-virus popped up a warning that an attack on my computer had been blocked. :/

I always thought EJ could be trusted, same as MMO Champion. I'm wondering if someone is able to embed some malicious code in the comments section or something, I really have no idea what else could have caused it.. but I'm afraid to even go back to the site, which sucks cause there is information there I could use.
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As I said. These websites use advertising networks. The ads you see on those sites are not hosted on them, but on their ad networks. Network gets compromised -> all sites that use the network get compromised.
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Greebo wrote:As I said. These websites use advertising networks. The ads you see on those sites are not hosted on them, but on their ad networks. Network gets compromised -> all sites that use the network get compromised.
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not that I see them since I use abp but still.
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