Author Topic: Google and safe browsing warning............... I never knew that.  (Read 2234 times)

Google searched ASSOS® of Switzerland - Cycling Body R&D and was met with this:

Advisory provided by   Google
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for ASSOS® of Switzerland - Cycling Body R&D

What is the current listing status for ASSOS® of Switzerland - Cycling Body R&D

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

    Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

    Of the 100 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 78 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 the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 08/05/2008.

    Malicious software includes 77 scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 2 new processes on the target machine.

    Malicious software is hosted on 3 domain(s), including ojns.ru, po4c.ru, ibse.ru.

    1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including po4c.ru.

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

    Over the past 90 days, ASSOS® of Switzerland - Cycling Body R&D 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.

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Mrs Pingu

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Re: Google and safe browsing warning............... I never knew that.
« Reply #1 on: 06 August, 2008, 09:35:28 am »
How did you get that then?
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Re: Google and safe browsing warning............... I never knew that.
« Reply #2 on: 06 August, 2008, 10:03:25 am »
How did you get that then?

Search for "Assos" and look at the first (non-advertising) result.

You'll see a "This site may harm your computer" link underneath the main link. Clicking this takes you to a help page explaining what it's all about.

Clicking the main link will bring up a page repeating the warnings and giving you the option of looking at the diagnostic page (what was posted above) or ignoring it and going to the website anyway.
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Re: Google and safe browsing warning............... I never knew that.
« Reply #3 on: 06 August, 2008, 11:22:01 am »
Oh, that's interesting. Is this a new thing from Google then?
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Re: Google and safe browsing warning............... I never knew that.
« Reply #4 on: 06 August, 2008, 02:04:44 pm »
It's been on for quite a while - I have seen similar on a few occasions.

Looks like Assos need to disinfect their site and then request a review.

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Re: Google and safe browsing warning............... I never knew that.
« Reply #5 on: 09 August, 2008, 08:17:14 am »
Assos seem to have fixed this now...
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