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Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by jimhefferon »

Blocked for me, Ubuntu 13.10, Firefox 28.0.

The main page is not blocked but anything I click on is blocked.

Here is the Why page:

Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for wired.com/2014/04

What is the current listing status for wired.com/2014/04?

    Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
What happened when Google visited this site?

    Of the 135 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 2014-04-05, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 days.

    This site was hosted on 12 network(s) including AS31377 (AKAMAI-BOS), AS701 (UUNET), AS12989 (HWNG).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

    Over the past 90 days, wired.com/2014/04 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.
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.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#25

Post by th3iedkid »

lukeschlather wrote: post #12

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?

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#26

Post by JohnTHaller »

jw2013 wrote: post #16

The message I got when I proceed is: ------- The website at www.wired.com contains elements from sites which appear to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer. Below is a list of all the unsafe elements for the page. Click on the Diagnostic link for more information on the thread for a specific e…

The wired homepage itself is fine for me, but Firefox 28.0 is blocking both of those images in your post along with any links I try to click from the Wired homepage.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#27

Post by yaur »

Jamie452 wrote: post #20

I'm a little confused how a webpage can infect a machine with malware? Is this typically through Java Applets/other plugins?

On a mainstream site like wired its almost always flash ads. It can also be jpegs (see http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2004/cpa...) but this is rare/patched.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

#28

Post by emeraldd »

Jamie452 wrote: post #20

I'm a little confused how a webpage can infect a machine with malware? Is this typically through Java Applets/other plugins?

Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-by_download

There are in number of ways for nasty things to happen just by visiting a page.

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