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Google blocking access to TUG

No problem this morning, until I tried to post this message.
 
Several modern browsers utilize a service from Google which alerts you if trying to access a site which has been found to be hazardous. Once listed as such at Google, the warnings continue until the site has been cleansed and Google has taken the site off the warning list. We found the problem last night and Google has now cleared us.

There is no need to report things are now okay, but we sure do want to hear if this pops back up in the future.
 
While I got no response through the google webmaster tools, it now shows in the "malware" section that google shows no threat on the TUGBBS site.

sorry for the trouble folks!
 
At first this morning I was accessing the site without warnings (Firefox user).

The Google warnings are now reappearing persistently, and I can only access the site by specifically directing Firefox to ignore the warning.
 
hrm...just rechecked the google applet and it still shows the site is clear.

i cant imagine it would revert back for whatever reason in such a short time (since it appeard to get the all clear mark around 9am eastern this morning)
 
TUGBrian said:
hrm...just rechecked the google applet and it still shows the site is clear.

i cant imagine it would revert back for whatever reason in such a short time (since it appeard to get the all clear mark around 9am eastern this morning)
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Cleared cache, closed browser, and returned. No popups this time - neither on entry (I have "New Posts" bookmarked as my TUG entry portal) nor when opening the "Post Reply" window.
 
T_R_Oglodyte said:
Cleared cache, closed browser, and returned. No popups this time - neither on entry (I have "New Posts" bookmarked as my TUG entry portal) nor when opening the "Post Reply" window.
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And now I return to the site, still in the same browser session, and the Google block reappears.
 
ive actually yet to get a warning at all within firefox TBH...i could only get it in chrome yesterday.
 
T_R_Oglodyte said:
And now I return to the site, still in the same browser session, and the Google block reappears.
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Steve, I hardly ever use Firefox but tried it to see if it duplicates your problem. Nope, no issues here with it, TUG is working fine. If it matters, the info is "Version 17.0.1, Firefox is up to date, You are currently on the release update channel." (Have no idea what any of it means but thought you might ...)

eta ... This posted just fine in Firefox.
 
it may very well be just that "safebrowsing" site being slow to update the change google made in listing the forums as malicious.
 
It is back, it was OK until I went to Sightings:

Diagnostic page for www.tugbbs.com/forums
What is the current listing status for www.tugbbs.com/forums?
This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 43 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2012-12-23, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2012-12-23.
Malicious software includes 1 exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 7 new process(es) on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including hivanopi.longmusic.com/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS32244 (LIQUID).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, www.tugbbs.com/forums did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.
Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
Next steps:
Return to the previous page.
If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.
 
this just has to be some cached or legacy stuff leftover...im baffled as to any other reason.
 
TUGBrian said:
this just has to be some cached or legacy stuff leftover...im baffled as to any other reason.
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I haven't seen anything with Chrome today.
 
also received warning

Just got malaware warning as well and my anti virus says it removed the malaware threat.
 
you are saying your local antivirus client gave you a warning? could you give me details?
 
I hope all that means there was never really a threat in the first place, since I had bypassed it earlier. Now it seems to be working just fine in Safari, which repeatedly gave me an error message yesterday and would not let me post at all.
 
now I just got the warning from firefox about the site again....however I have verified yet again via google that the site has cleared their "suspicious" listing and is back to normal.

I did see in the "stopbadware.com" pages that it can take a few days for them to update the google flags...although one would think if it blocks ALL firefox clients...that would be a bit quicker to update.

very frustrating situation for sure.
 
that site has a discussion forum...and nearly EVERY topic on it is some other webmaster claiming that their site is still being blocked by their service within firefox despite google claiming they are clear of malware and good to go.

how ridiculous.
 
Don't know if it matters. I am not having the problem-but did yesterday.

I got the Google warning. If I clicked to proceed, I then was warned directly by my Macbook. This was using Safari. All seems well now.
 
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