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Old 1/31/09, 11:45 AM
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Google has a new service that will flag your site as possibly being harmful to a computer. Apparently they are using http://www.stopbadware.org to scan search results for any malware. I do keyword searches for my site sometimes to help identify good keywords. My site and all other home inspector sites came up with a warning that says "the site may be harmful to your computer". If you click on the site you are directed to a warning page.

You have to go through Google webmaster tools and ask for a review. I do not know why my site was flagged. In the webmaster tools there is a link with the diagnostics on why it was flagged, but mine says no malware detected. I asked for the review.

Is anyone else having this issue?



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Old 1/31/09, 12:02 PM
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Google has a new service that will flag your site as possibly being harmful to a computer. Apparently they are using http://www.stopbadware.org to scan search results for any malware. I do keyword searches for my site sometimes to help identify good keywords. My site and all other home inspector sites came up with a warning that says "the site may be harmful to your computer". If you click on the site you are directed to a warning page.

You have to go through Google webmaster tools and ask for a review. I do not know why my site was flagged. In the webmaster tools there is a link with the diagnostics on why it was flagged, but mine says no malware detected. I asked for the review.

Is anyone else having this issue?
I've seen it, but never for my site, nor any other HI site. What keywords did you see this for?



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Old 1/31/09, 12:09 PM
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I used "home inspector, Oak Forest Home inspector, Chicago home inspector and variations". It seems that it does not come up all the time, I did a search for Bruce Springsteen and every site on the first page of results including Wikipedia was labeled as harmful. I do not understand the technical aspects, but it seems you could lose some business if your site is flagged. Here are two links with info. http://www.searchtank.net/2007/02/go...-computer.html

http://www.google.com/support/websea...snum=1&ct=help



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Old 1/31/09, 12:50 PM
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Hmmm,

I just ran Oak Forest HI - your AR profile is #2 - nice!

I din't see any of the flags, though. Wonder if it's something on your machine? Do you see it from other computers?

Recommend full system scan for malware and viruses, Mike.

Anyone else seeing this?



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Default Re: Are you distributing malware?

I experienced the same problem several months ago. All I did was send an email into the Google support staff and request that they review the site. It took less than a day for them to respond and my site was not flagged anymore.
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Old 1/31/09, 12:58 PM
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Hmmm,

I just ran Oak Forest HI - your AR profile is #2 - nice!

I din't see any of the flags, though. Wonder if it's something on your machine? Do you see it from other computers?

Recommend full system scan for malware and viruses, Mike.

Anyone else seeing this?
No, it is not just my machine, check the links I provided Rich. I do not think it happens every time . Thanks on the AR.



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I have been reading about this all morning, Apparently it was a GOOGLE problem with all sites. From what I have learned it has been coorected. Try now Michael. Shouldbe good to go.



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Old 1/31/09, 1:08 PM
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I have been reading about this all morning, Apparently it was a GOOGLE problem with all sites. From what I have learned it has been coorected. Try now Michael. Shouldbe good to go.

I just checked and it appears to be resolved. http://blog.webdistortion.com/2009/0...tes-gone-awry/



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Ths glitch waas comical. I googled 'google' at google. It pulled Google.com up and said it had malware and wouldn't let me access G from it's own search.
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Yup, it was all screwed up this morning for about an hour or so.
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