The Crunchyroll website has been redirected by a DNS compromise similar to the one that affected ANN earlier this year. Visiting the Crunchyroll website you will be taken to a fake site offering a new client to download, which is in fact a trojan.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-04/crunchyroll-website-redirected-to-server-with-malicious-software/.123596
Warning! Crunchyroll DNS attack
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Warning! Crunchyroll DNS attack
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Re: Warning! Crunchyroll DNS attack
Apparently cleared now --
But you probably want to run to ensure you pick up the real address.
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Looks like there were quite a few takers for the bait.
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