This type of thing happens all the time and is the only reason I run AdBlock software in Chrome. Three years ago I got a virus from a reddit ad while using Chrome and it took me several hours to clean it out. The reddit team made jokes about it:<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/e7988/a_number_of_reddit_users_have_reported_finding/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/e7988/a_numbe...</a>