Google Search warns about compromised websites

[~BD~]

The explosion of malicious web sites has created an unsavory situation
for search engines. They may accidentally elevate the ranking of harmful
websites in search results.

Google’s malware alert
**********************

A while ago, Google established a malware detection system for checking
websites to see if they host malware-download applications. If the
algorithm finds malware, it will add the following: “This site may harm
your computer” to the information presented about the website.

Malicious websites do more than download malware. That’s why Google
added another alert. The new warning triggers when the search engine
finds a website where parts or all of it are not under control of the
site’s owner.

Check Google’s database
***********************

If you know the URL of a website and would like to check it against the
Google database, type the name of the website at the end of this URL:

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/d...?site=pqlr.org

i.e. Remove Jenn's web site address and insert another

Jenn may be interested to note that her own site(s) do *not* come up
squeaky clean!

Read the whole article here:-

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4884

D.

[Dustin]

~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.com> wrote in
news:HfGdnWIX0Px8uI7QnZ2dnUVZ8vOdnZ2d@bt.com:

> Jenn may be interested to note that her own site(s) do *not* come up
> squeaky clean!

That doesn't necessarily mean anything is actually wrong on her end, tho.
It's possible it's a false positive as has been previously discussed.


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such as social approval or money. They tend to be attracted by
challenges and excited by interesting toys, and to judge the interest of
work or other activities in terms of the challenges offered and the toys
they get to play with.

[Dustin]

Dustin <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns9E574AD52A2AEHHI2948AJD832@no:

> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.com> wrote in
> news:HfGdnWIX0Px8uI7QnZ2dnUVZ8vOdnZ2d@bt.com:
>
>> Jenn may be interested to note that her own site(s) do *not* come
>> up squeaky clean!
>
> That doesn't necessarily mean anything is actually wrong on her end,
> tho. It's possible it's a false positive as has been previously
> discussed.
>
>

Damnit. apologies; crossposting wasn't seen in time.


--
Hackers are generally only very weakly motivated by conventional rewards
such as social approval or money. They tend to be attracted by
challenges and excited by interesting toys, and to judge the interest of
work or other activities in terms of the challenges offered and the toys
they get to play with.

[Aardvark]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:14:33 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.com> wrote in
> news:HfGdnWIX0Px8uI7QnZ2dnUVZ8vOdnZ2d@bt.com:
>
>> Jenn may be interested to note that her own site(s) do *not* come up
>> squeaky clean!
>
> That doesn't necessarily mean anything is actually wrong on her end,
> tho. It's possible it's a false positive as has been previously
> discussed.

I've noticed a number of those in the past coming from that sto0pid
Google 'feature'. It's a pain in the ass more than anything, IMO.



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[Peter Foldes]

<Crossposting removed>


BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.com> wrote in message
news:HfGdnWIX0Px8uI7QnZ2dnUVZ8vOdnZ2d@bt.com...> The explosion of malicious web
sites has created an unsavory situation
> for search engines. They may accidentally elevate the ranking of harmful websites
> in search results.
>
> Google’s malware alert
> **********************
>
> A while ago, Google established a malware detection system for checking
< rest of crap snipped>

<Crossposting removed>

That Google malware detection service throws up more false positives then anything
else. You can tell (if you are experienced) usually if it is a false positive. Jenn
site also might and most probably is fallen into the false positive category

Also stop your friggin crossposting for no reason at all like in this thread

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Peter
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