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Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#41
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It's blocking in Safari too so I think it's a MacOS diagnosis rather than a Chrome one perhaps? Or both browsers are detecting the same thing

Firefox 28 also detects it. On Ubuntu 14.04

Firefox sources their malware detection from Google.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-m...

So it makes sense the error would show up both places.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#44

Weird: http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnost... The page essentially says "We believe this page is suspicious, and we have no evidence to back up that claim." EDIT: They must have updated it/ busted a cache. The page is now reporting some evidence.

funny it says "Of the 20 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 2014-03-25, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 days." does zero count to be blocked?

First, it's already been unblocked.

Second, this is what it says at the above link:

--SNIP--

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 26 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 4 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2014-04-05, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2014-04-05.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including zlubob.org/.

--SNIP--

They're doing a good thing with this, and they're helping webmasters who can't help themselves.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#45
In my laptop (Win 7, Dell 1555):

Blocked in Chrome Version 33.0.1750.154 m

Not blocked in ie11, Firefox 20

In my Mobile (HTC One M7 4.4.2):

Neither blocked in Chrome(33.1) nor in the stock browser

Doesn't Android Chrome support malware detection?

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#47

Weird: http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnost... The page essentially says "We believe this page is suspicious, and we have no evidence to back up that claim." EDIT: They must have updated it/ busted a cache. The page is now reporting some evidence.

I get: Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including zlubob.org/.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#48

So when does robot slander/libel suits begin? I'd be mighty ticked if google started labelling my sites as malware when they're clearly not.

This is why we can't have nice things. Chrome was doing yeoman's work by stopping their users from going to a site that was malicious earlier today.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#49
I can't believe on HN of all places people are using Chrome its malware-detecting-capabilities. Friendly reminder that EVERY REQUEST you make with it enabled, will be passed through Google its filters.

You should turn all Google networking activities in your browser off. By default, there are at least five or so enabled which will happily send every request you make to Google. Some services even go as far as logging every keystroke you make.

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