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post #1 of 7
6/15/12 at 11:08am
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  • What happened?
    Upon opening my browser (Chrome) my page was suddenly flooded with many requests to accept downloads that may be harmful.
    Upon scanning my system with Ad-Aware, a Virus/Trojan was found.
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  • Are you able to reproduce this problem consistently?
    Have not tried, however OCN was the only tab open in my browser.

  • What steps did you take to reproduce this problem?
    N/A

  • What action did you expect to occur when this bug appeared?
    Nothing, the downloads just popped up while reading "Official Battlefield 3 Discussion Thread"

  • Any additional information that will help us diagnose the issue:
    Download prompts opened upon reading a usual thread.

  • Browser, active browser addons, and operating system:
    Win7 64-bit, Google Chrome and no browser addons.

  • URL where the issue occurs:
    http://www.overclock.net/t/851366/official-battlefield-3-information-discussion-thread/40900_100#post_17490326


Edited by Shiromar - 6/15/12 at 11:11am
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6/15/12 at 11:21am
I can't replicate this on desktop Chrome but I see it happen quite frequently on Chrome for Android.

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"T2RaehslbkU&showsearch=0.swf" and "qju9iEFqp3Y&showsearch=0.swf", the two files that it downloaded in the screenshot above.

I've seen it happen in a lot of threads too, I'd say over half of the threads I open.
Edited by Malcolm - 6/15/12 at 11:25am
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6/15/12 at 11:32am
Happens to me with chrome on Android as well
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6/15/12 at 12:03pm

I can't replicate anything malicious loading on Chrome on desktop - that's my main browser, I don't block any ads, and I am on OCN daily.  I did check that reporting thread, as well.  On Android I've never checked since we don't have a mobile site yet and it's basically not supported, but I would hazard a guess that the multiple files it is downloading are probably just site files as opposed to viruses.  Let me see if I can find out for sure, though.

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post #5 of 7
6/15/12 at 12:05pm
I, too, get this all the time on multiple sites with Chrome for Android, but never on the PC...
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6/15/12 at 1:43pm

A couple quick Google searches shows that the Android Chrome browser downloads website files instead of running them, probably to increase speed.  On OCN you're probably seeing the ads download instead of play normally.   Nothing on that post/thread looks harmful and we stick to pretty legit ad networks.  It might be a false positive, given that this article lists that file "pepflashplayer.dll" as being a normal part of Flash.  

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post #7 of 7
6/15/12 at 8:54pm
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Good to know, thanks guys!
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