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    While I can't say for certain what the OP experienced I have heard from multiple sources that within the past 2-3 days they have gotten hacked and had issues with credit cards (I guess from subbing premium?) and the only common denominator between them all was wowhead.

    So just a word of caution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Senshenzu View Post
    They have received my card, to which I had to cancel today.
    How exactly do you know 'they' have your card?

    It sounds like the microsoft scam popup that I deal with all day with customers. Did your account -actually- get hacked, or was it just a popup?
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    Wouldn't running in private / incognito prevent something like this.

    Also not experienced anything OP has in regarding popups or not being able to leave site or anything, virus scan runs daily when machine idle and I run Malwarebytes once a week+ when I know I am not going to be using machine.

    How would they get your card details, are they on wowhead ?
    Last edited by mmoc101b07398d; 2017-10-18 at 09:57 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phillu View Post
    Wouldn't running in private / incognito prevent something like this
    not even a little bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Draeth View Post
    Firefox + NoScript = you will never get a virus ever again unless you willingly download stupid things.
    This ^
    You can go on the worst porn or torrent site and come out unscathed with firefox, noscript and ublock origin (adblock plus sold out and now whitelists certain ads).
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    I use paypal for everything for cases like this. That way I can just change my paypal info and not have to cancel credit cards.

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    Chrome + uBlock Origin = no problems with ads on wowhead

    My suggestion would be to get an ad blocker as soon as your system is all cleaned up and virus free. I hate having to run an ad blocker on 99.9% of sites just to prevent a rogue virus from a rogue advertiser, but that's the times we live in I guess. As much as I'd like to disable my ad block on sites I frequent so they can get paid (like MMO Champ and wowhead), the risk is simply too high. Even if I trust a specific site to not infect me, I have no idea who they let run ads on their site.

    Don't be silly, wrap your willy web browser in an ad blocker unless you want to eventually catch computer AIDS.
    Last edited by TranquilDream; 2017-10-18 at 10:05 PM.

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    I got Adblock and Adguard running on Chrome

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    I wonder if this is what happened to me? 2 weeks ago somebody was trying to buy stuff with my debit card, which was still in my purse. I've been kinda :S ever since.

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    One email address of mine was only used for wow, that is until I used it to sign up for this very site (stupidly with my wow password too). My wow account was hacked within 2 hours....They're everywhere...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gimlix View Post
    If i remember correctly, MMO-Champion even has porn adds lol (not sure got addblock for years now.)
    I've been to WoWhead on and off for years, I think I would have remembered if I ever saw a porn add lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Draeth View Post
    Firefox + NoScript = you will never get a virus ever again unless you willingly download stupid things.
    Wrong... Try again.

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    Since this has nothing at all to do with the World of Warcraft game I'm going to close this.

    If you want to talk about web safety put this in the proper forum.
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