Privacy error

Privacy error

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Posted by: Crycerasobs.7864

Crycerasobs.7864

Q:

Recently when I tried to click on the “support” link while I was in the forums, I received a troubling message. I was told that my connection was not secure, and attackers may be trying to steal information. Strangely, this message only seems to occur when I try to access support from the forums page. It seems to be fine when I try to click the link from any other part of the site. I’m using the latest version of google Chrome on Windows 7.
I have attached a picture of the message below. In the interest of being mobile friendly, here is the plain text:

Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from en.support.guildwars2.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

en.support.guildwars2.com normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Google Chrome tried to connect to en.support.guildwars2.com this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect credentials. This may happen when an attacker is trying to pretend to be en.support.guildwars2.com, or a Wi-Fi sign-in screen has interrupted the connection. Your information is still secure because Google Chrome stopped the connection before any data was exchanged.

You cannot visit en.support.guildwars2.com right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later.

Is this happening for anyone else? It’s been a while since I’ve used the support link, so I wouldn’t know how long this has been going on. This could be completely benign, but I don’t want to let it go unreported in case there really is something serious going on. And with the phishing that’s been going around lately, I have worries about security. Hopefully this is just a case of my antivirus being overprotective!

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Posted by: Inculpatus cedo.9234

Inculpatus cedo.9234

A:

Yes, it’s a bug that affects only some of forum-users. You can find several threads/post on the issue dating back to when the Support site was first changed. As you noticed, you can use the redirect from any other guildwars2.com site. It seems that the language modifier (en./de./fr./es.) is what causes the bug (for just some of us).

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Posted by: Crycerasobs.7864

Crycerasobs.7864

Ah, I probably should have done a search on this shouldn’t I’ Well, good to know everything’s alright. So there’s nothing to worry about, right? Completely false alarm?

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Posted by: Inculpatus cedo.9234

Inculpatus cedo.9234

Nothing to worry about. It’s been around for quite some time.

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Posted by: Ashantara.8731

Ashantara.8731

Simply remove the language-specific prefix from the URL:

https://en.support.guildwars2.com/ —> https://support.guildwars2.com/

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Posted by: Inculpatus cedo.9234

Inculpatus cedo.9234

Just as easy (if not easier) to use one of the other site pages where the redirect doesn’t give an error, I’d guess.