Submitted by Michael Nystrom
UPDATE: I've made contact with the ad service
provider that is supplying the code that Google is flagging as
malicious. They are aware of the problem and are working with Google to
solve it. The Daily Paul is not the only site that is being subject to
this treatment. Hopefully this will get sorted out soon.
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As many regulars here have noted (here, here, here, here, and here), dialing into the Daily Paul on Chrome or Firefox results in a Google red screen that says the Daily Paul contains malware. No such warning appears when using Safari or IE. Further investigation shows that Google has classified the Daily Paul as 'suspicious', in spite of the fact that:
Thank you everyone for your patience. We're working on getting this straightened out as soon as we can.
Michael
Update:
UPDATE: I've made contact with the ad service
provider that is supplying the code that Google is flagging as
malicious. They are aware of the problem and are working with Google to
solve it. The Daily Paul is not the only site that is being subject to
this treatment. Hopefully this will get sorted out soon. - - - -
As many regulars here have noted (here, here, here, here, and here), dialing into the Daily Paul on Chrome or Firefox results in a Google red screen that says the Daily Paul contains malware. No such warning appears when using Safari or IE. Further investigation shows that Google has classified the Daily Paul as 'suspicious', in spite of the fact that:
Of the 658 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 2012-05-31, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 daysAfter much investigation, it appears that this is a false alarm. Google is listing some standard ad server code - which has been on the site for over a year - as suspicious. We may also be the subject of a dirty tricks attack, as the 'suspicious' page Google is flagging is this one: Why I am Endorsing Mitt Romney for President and Not Ron Paul.
Over the past 90 days, dailypaul.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites. This site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
Thank you everyone for your patience. We're working on getting this straightened out as soon as we can.
Michael
Update:
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for AS4323 (TWTC)
What happened when Google visited sites hosted on this network?
Of the 7490 site(s) we tested on this network over the past 90 days, 99 site(s), including, for example, boutiquedesign.com/, shoutingquietly.com/, hospitalitystyle.com/, served content that resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.
The last time Google tested a site on this network was on 2012-06-01, and the last time suspicious content was found was on 2012-05-30.
Has this network hosted sites acting as intermediaries for further malware distribution?
Over the past 90 days, we found 6 site(s) on this network, including, for example, stmediagroup.com/, packagedesignmag.com/, rankwidget.com/, that appeared to function as intermediaries for the infection of 16 other site(s) including, for example, boutiquedesign.com/, hospitalitystyle.com/, graficosdehoy.com/.
Has this network hosted sites that have distributed malware?
Yes, this network has hosted sites that have distributed malicious software in the past 90 days. We found 7 site(s), including, for example, stmediagroup.com/, theforexmonster.com/, 208.93.166.0/, that infected 17 other site(s), including, for example, boutiquedesign.com/, hospitalitystyle.com/, graficosdehoy.com/.
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