[ ! ]WoWHead & Network Sites - Security/Virus Issue

[Majestic_Clown]

Hi All,

Red Alert yet again....

The WoWHead and their network sister websites are distributing virus and keyloggers again.
They have not released a statement yet, this is yet again another flaw in their advertisments.

WoWHead, Thottbot, Alakazam are affected

WoWdb.com which is less user informative is not affected, I would recommend using them for the mean time.

[algol]

How about I just use Firefox and leave my AV set on auto-update.

[Tynk]

add on "No Script" and "Ad Block Plus" to firefox and you have a winner.

[Majestic_Clown]

I know how to protect my PC, however, this was a public announcement incase people are using IE as well as wowhead due to the recent IE security Issues.

[Ellay]

<3 to D-B.com for not using advertisements, woot woot!

[Basilikos]

I hate technology.

[Svpernova09]

Internet Exploder imo. lolIE

[Yarick]

Does this happen in the background? Or is there a prompt befor we are compromised?

Any suggestions as to detecting the infection (early)?

[Greythan]

I'll ask the dumb question: Will my up-to-date virus suite (from CA) protect me or is there some other weakness I should be aware of?

[Majestic_Clown]

I can only imagine due to the recent UNPATCHED security issue with IE I can only recommend:

• Update virus scanner
• Scan your PC
• Change to firefox & NoScript addon or another safe webbrowser
• Don't use wowhead for a while, I would suggest use WoWDB.com but not alot of user input tho

I have people 'in the know' on this issue, I hope to find out more info asap