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Malware notification from Google

Discussion in 'Google' started by EV1L, Aug 6, 2007.

  1. #1
    I received this email from Google (Google Search Quality <noreply@google.com>),

    Dear site owner or webmaster of xxxxxxxxx.com,

    We recently discovered that some of your pages can cause users to be
    infected with malicious software. We have begun showing a warning page
    to users who visit these pages by clicking a search result on Google.com.
    Below are some example URLs on your site which can cause users to be
    infected (space inserted to prevent accidental clicking in case your
    mail client auto-links URLs):

    http://www.xxxxxxxxx .com/pm/xxxxx
    http://www.xxxxxxxxx .com/index.php
    http://www.xxxxxxxxx .com/info/xxxx

    Here is a link to a sample warning page:
    http://www.google.com/interstitial?url=http://www.xxxxxxxxx.com/pm/xxxxx

    We strongly encourage you to investigate this immediately to protect
    your visitors. Although some sites intentionally distribute malicious
    software, in many cases the webmaster is unaware because:

    1) the site was compromised
    2) the site doesn't monitor for malicious user-contributed content
    3) the site displays content from an ad network that has a malicious
    advertiser

    If your site was compromised, it's important to not only remove the
    malicious (and usually hidden) content from your pages, but to also
    identify and fix the vulnerability. We suggest contacting your hosting
    provider if you are unsure of how to proceed. StopBadware also has a
    resource page for securing compromised sites:
    http://www.stopbadware.org/home/security

    Once you've secured your site, you can request that the warning be
    removed by visiting http://www.stopbadware.org/home/review and
    requesting a review. StopBadware and Google will jointly investigate
    and reply to you with our findings. If your site is no longer harmful
    to users, we will remove the warning.

    Sincerely,
    Google Search Quality Team

    Anyone receive similar email too? What should I do? I ran CPX ads, is it the cause?
     
    EV1L, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  2. mji2010

    mji2010 Active Member

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    I've seen it before, but its never happened to me personally. I've seen it come up in the serps before too.
     
    mji2010, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  3. oseymour

    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    I think you have to contact stop badware.org. first get the spyware removed from your site...
     
    oseymour, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  4. mrcrowley

    mrcrowley Peon

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    I've seen this come up in the serps too, when you try to visit the site google warns that the site may harm your computer. On occasions i've ignored this and found no adverse effects from such sites.
     
    mrcrowley, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  5. EV1L

    EV1L Well-Known Member

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    I remove my CPX ads and submit a request for a review. We should see...

    What a luck....
     
    EV1L, Aug 7, 2007 IP
  6. godmode

    godmode Well-Known Member

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    you better do it. People now a days dont like to visit websites which are clearly flagged as "This site might harm your Computer".

    Getting yourself flagged by google is prolly the last thing u can think of.
     
    godmode, Aug 7, 2007 IP