# Chrome just flagged this site as malware for me **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 13, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352 "2014-05-13T14:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/21 "2014-05-13T15:18:34Z")
Seems like a bad diagnostic for Chrome to use. Your site is hosted on a network, and one of the _other_ sites _might_ be compromised. I can understand that if a particular network is full of malware, blocking the whole thing, but blocking 152 sites based on 3 sites potential badness seems excessive. Is there a way to tell Chrome to never worry about a particular site? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/22 "2014-05-13T15:18:46Z")
Getting it on Safari on my MacBook, too. It’s not annoying to have to click through two message screens every time I do something on the Dope AT ALL. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/23 "2014-05-13T15:22:57Z")
I just got this in Safari: > [@](#): > > **Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer** > > The website you are visiting appears to contain malware. Malware is malicious software that may harm your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Your computer can be infected just by browsing to a site with malware, without any further action on your part. > > For detailed information about problems found on this site, pr a portion of this site, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for\*\*boards.straightdope.com I clicked on the link, and was shown this: > [@](#): > > **Safe Browsing** > Diagnostic page for [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) > **What is the current listing status for [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)?** > This site is not currently listed as suspicious. > **What happened when Google visited this site?** > Of the 9860 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 2014-05-12, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 days. > > This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS22772 (LOGIN). > **Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?** > Over the past 90 days, [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) 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 > … When I previewed this post in Safari, it wouldn’t show me a preview. Posting from IE via RDC to my office computer. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/24 "2014-05-13T15:25:55Z")
Got it as well in firefox 29.0.1 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/25 "2014-05-13T15:26:46Z")
Is Marley experimenting _again_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/26 "2014-05-13T15:28:09Z")
Silk just threw me an “Untrusted Certificate” warning. But it does that on occasion, so can’t say for sure it’s related. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/27 "2014-05-13T15:30:14Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Silk just threw me an “Untrusted Certificate” warning. But it does that on occasion, so can’t say for sure it’s related. This site doesn’t use HTTPS as far as I know, so they wouldn’t have a certificate at all. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/28 "2014-05-13T15:32:26Z")
Safari just did it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/29 "2014-05-13T15:35:40Z")
I got this in Chrome as well. When I went to the details page, it did not list anything bad as having happened nor any malware as having been encountered. So I went ahead and clicked through. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/30 "2014-05-13T15:36:00Z")
Me too. Hope to get an official word from the admins soon. /Chrome ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/31 "2014-05-13T15:37:36Z")
Add me to the FF list. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/32 "2014-05-13T15:40:37Z")
I’m curious: does SD/CR really get enough revenue from the ads to make it worth all the hassles? Yeah, yeah, every ijjit with a blog site thinks he’s going to cover his costs and make money while sleeping by signing up for ads… but if even this site can’t get a clean, non-infringing ad stream, and the click-through rates are in the millions to one, i it really worth it? Can I just pay another buck a year to make up for the freeloaders and we can be done with the problems? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/33 "2014-05-13T15:42:49Z")
[More detailed thread on this subject already](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=723313). ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/34 "2014-05-13T15:43:04Z")
Blocked for me too on Firefox and flagged as a suspicious site. Summoning up all my courage I came here anyway. 🙂 This is absurd. I’ve never yet had a problem with this board. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/35 "2014-05-13T15:47:09Z")
Flagged for me too just now: > [@](#): > > Content from [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com), a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this web page. Visiting this page now is very likely to infect your computer with malware. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/36 "2014-05-13T15:48:28Z")
We’ve passed this information along to Jerry and Ed, and they (or we) will be back with an update when we have one. [It looks like this is similar to this false alarm case from the beginning of last year.](http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/30320/false-google-chrome-malware-warning-blocks-tech-sites/) I’ve also merged two threads about the situation. Thank you for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/37 "2014-05-13T15:48:36Z")
Don’t mind me. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/38 "2014-05-13T15:51:24Z")
The main page, [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com), does not generate any of these messages. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/39 "2014-05-13T15:52:25Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [More detailed thread on this subject already](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=723313). Which doesn’t say much. You have to go one link deeper to see what **Johnny L.A.** shows in post #23. I think it’s a case of slight association with other sites that have served malware recently, even unintentionally. Google, Firefox, etc., are just being cautious. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352/40 "2014-05-13T15:54:56Z")
I ran Malwarebytes and found quite a few threats. Quarantined them and rebooted. My key board funkiness is gone and may be unrelated to the SMDB problem since no one else has mentioned it. I don’t know if the threats are related to the SDMB problem but since whatever caused my keyboard problems posting a reply earlier is gone, IE is woking fine with SDMB and I get no warning screens or redirection. Anybody else try IE? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-just-flagged-this-site-as-malware-for-me/688352.md?page=3)