Gamespot infected by a Virus (Not Really) MAYBE?

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#1  Edited By Falcon084
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Recently while trying to access gamespot I get this on my screen

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#2  Edited By rick
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*sigh* that is not a virus or anything malicious. Its from a valid ad network. Your security software is a bit too maximum.

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#3  Edited By rick
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There was a similar issue with a bad ad provider today so maybe that's related? We shut down a whole bunch of ad networks and we continuing to look into it. If for some reason your browser gets hijacked just close it and you should be fine. This pisses us off as much or more than it pisses you off and we 're really sorry .

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#4 Falcon084
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If I don't let the page load properly It works-ish.

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#5 wemmick
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@Falcon084: You should be able to mark GameSpot as a safe site (whitelist it) with your anti-virus software. If you can, that should clear this up.