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Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by dpcan »

dannyr wrote: post #59
dpcan wrote: post #56

This happens to many small business sites. If they leave their WordPress un-patched, or have a crappy plugin installed with security holes, or their FTP info is guessed, etc, hackers drop some malicious Javascript on their sites, and the next thing you know, their site cannot be accessed in Chrome, and usually Firefox as well. Depending on what services pick-up on the bad javascript. For me, it usually takes a day(is…

I connected my site to Google's Webmaster Tools. I get notified via email when Google finds any issues on my site.

Yes, but they still block websites that are not connected to Google Webmaster Tools, and the site owners may not realize it. It would be nice if they notified the domain registrant as a heads-up because most small biz site owners that find their way to me may have sites that were designed years ago that need little to no maintaining, so they don't know they've been blocked as they barely ever look at their own sites.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by bashcoder »

lvs wrote: post #44
th3iedkid wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 20…

> First, it's already been unblocked.

It's still blocked for me, with Google branding wired.com as "a known malware distributor."

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by fooyc »

Istof wrote: post #55

I always thought that using the safe browsing feature is asking for trouble so it is disabled in all my browsers. So my browser doesn't need to make an extra request to Mozilla/Google/etc every time I load a new website and the web is not censored if there is a technical issue

The browser has a local copy of the blocked sites database; so it doesn't have to do any extra request in order to check if a web site is blocked or not.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by nullymcnull »

pearjuice wrote: post #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…

> Friendly reminder that EVERY REQUEST you make with it enabled, will be passed through Google its filters.

Perhaps you should actually fact-check such assumptions before passing them along as "friendly reminders"?

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by bla2 »

pearjuice wrote: post #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…

That's not true. Safe browsing checks are done locally.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by Istof »

fooyc wrote: post #63
Istof wrote: post #55

I always thought that using the safe browsing feature is asking for trouble so it is disabled in all my browsers. So my browser doesn't need to make an extra request to Mozilla/Google/etc every time I load a new website and the web is not censored if there is a technical issue

The browser has a local copy of the blocked sites database; so it doesn't have to do any extra request in order to check if a web site is blocked or not.

I didn't know that and I think that it is very surprising since Google usually doesn't turn down free information about it's users.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by Matt_Cutts »

dpcan wrote: post #61
dannyr wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I connected my site to Google's Webmaster Tools. I get notified via email when Google finds any issues on my site.

Yes, but they still block websites that are not connected to Google Webmaster Tools, and the site owners may not realize it. It would be nice if they notified the domain registrant as a heads-up because most small biz site owners that find their way to me may have sites that were designed years ago that need little to no maintaining, so they don't know they've been blocked as they barely ever look at their own sites.

We explored trying to email whois contacts or standard addresses (such as webmaster@example.com or postmaster@example.com) and essentially got zero pickup. That's one of the reasons we provide Webmaster Tools, and so far it's our best channel to notify small business owners.

We can sometimes label sites as hacked in the search results, but Webmaster Tools is definitely the preferred channel for communication of stuff like this.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by amenod »

Istof wrote: post #55

I always thought that using the safe browsing feature is asking for trouble so it is disabled in all my browsers. So my browser doesn't need to make an extra request to Mozilla/Google/etc every time I load a new website and the web is not censored if there is a technical issue

Performance side effects should be negligible, but there are some privacy concerns (your browser is asking Google for each page it visits if it is ok - thus telling G where you surf).

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by Matt_Cutts »

Often when this happens with a large site, it's because of an malware-laden ad. Typically with a smaller site, it's because the site was somehow hacked or didn't stay fully up-to-date on security patches.

Added: Looks like it was an actual hack, not just a bad ad. The Wired folks will want to make sure there's no more iframes from hxxp://zlu bob.org. Folks can use our free Fetch as Google tool to see what we see when we try to fetch a page. You can find out more about the Fetch as Google tool here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/158587?hl=en

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by x3c »

Matt_Cutts wrote: post #67
dpcan wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but they still block websites that are not connected to Google Webmaster Tools, and the site owners may not realize it. It would be nice if they notified the domain registrant as a heads-up because most small biz site owners that find their way to me may have sites that were designed years ago that need little to no maintaining, so they don't know they've been blocked as they barely ever look at their own sites.

We explored trying to email whois contacts or standard addresses (such as webmaster@example.com or postmaster@example.com) and essentially got zero pickup. That's one of the reasons we provide Webmaster Tools, and so far it's our best channel to notify small business owners. We can sometimes label sites as hacked in the search results, but Webmaster Tools is definitely the preferred channel for communication of stuff…

Thanks for the clarification, Matt. Does such an action from google also include penalizing the website in terms of page rank and search rankings?
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