Final Fantasy: Regarding Malicious Third-Party FFXI Website

Some of you that visit various FFXI site might have come across some talk about a malicious spyware infecting some third party FFXI site that would steal your account information. This is what Square-Enix had to say about it.

We have received reports that a popular third-party FINAL FANTASY XI website had been infecting customers with malicious software. Our Legal team immediately contacted the hosting site of the offending third-party website and had the site taken down until the issue could be addressed. While the website main page has had the offending code removed, we strongly recommend that our community be careful when they visit any website concerning FINAL FANTASY XI that is not endorsed by Square Enix. While we have no control over these third-party websites, we urge that the community contact us immediately if any similar incidents arise in the future.

We also suggest that our customers read up on precautionary measures they can take to ensure they safety of their information online.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news10343.shtml

Be careful while browsing the web and hopefully this won't happen too often.