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Some visitors to the Sony PlayStation site may have been prompted to download an antivirus scanner.

Pages promoting the PlayStation games SingStar Pop and God of War contained SQL-injected code. Visitors to those specific game pages would see a fake antivirus scan , then a message that their computer was infected with different viruses and Trojan horses. Warned, the user would then be asked to purchase the scanner to remove the bogus malware.

The injected code linking to the scanner has since been removed. And the website is safe now.

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World of Warcraft players can now “opt-in” for the chance to participate in the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta, which Blizzard is getting ready to break the internet with.

To register your interest simply head over to your account management page on the official WoW website and then click the “Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In” link. Easy.

“Today we opened the Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In program, which gives players a chance to win an invitation to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta,” reads Blizzard’s official statement.

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An artist working for Blizzard has revealed he’s working on a new project called Hydra, prompting internet speculation that a new game will be revealed this weekend.

Artist Peter Lee updated his personal website yesterday, adding a new gallery called Hydra to go alongside his Starcraft and Warcraft folders. Unfortunately the folder was empty, but a tag did say ‘Coming soon!’

Unsurprisingly, Blizzard fans were all over his site in moments. Peter promptly pulled the plug, replacing his site with an under construction message that said the site would be back up on June 28. Seems something fishy here.

Coincidently, June 28 is the first day of Blizzard Entertainment’s Worldwide Invitational in Paris. Peter has since changed the launch date to July.

This is the teaser image up on Blizzard’s website, which depicts an ice block melting.

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For those who participated in the Firefox World Record on Download day. Can now have a “Thank You” Certificate from Mozilla.

Though the official body of Guinness World Records is yet to approve this record attempt, Firefox is celebrating with certificates that also carry a Guinness World Records logo. Don’t know legally approved or not but you can get one easily.

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