Wednesday 6 August 2008

Advisory provided by Google - weird...

I was searching for an old looking worldmap , found one and intended to view it in its original size. After clicking on the thumbnail, i got the following warning, provided by Google:


Malware Warning
Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!
Suggestions:

* Return to the previous page and pick another result.
* Try another search to find what you're looking for.

Or you can see the image in its own context http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=648 at your own risk. For detailed information about the problems we found, visit Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic page for this site.

So i decided to indeed check the diagnostics page for this site, with the following result:


Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for www.muslimheritage.com/topics/
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for www.muslimheritage.com/topics/

What is the current listing status for www.muslimheritage.com/topics/?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 11 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 0 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 08/05/2008, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 days.

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, www.muslimheritage.com/topics/ 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.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.


It wouldnt have caught my attention until i read the name of the domain that is hosting the image. I wonder why it is blacklisted since the diagnostic results are all fine...

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