# Chrome thinks that this site "contains malware"

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-thinks-that-this-site-contains-malware/688630
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**Created:** [May 17, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-thinks-that-this-site-contains-malware/688630 "2014-05-17T08:39:03Z")
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### Author: ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-thinks-that-this-site-contains-malware/688630/1 "2014-05-17T08:39:03Z")

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Whenever I click the link to SD, I get the message “The website ahead contains Malware”

I assume that it is false - or I hope it is. So what can I do about it?

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### Author: ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2014, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-thinks-that-this-site-contains-malware/688630/2 "2014-05-17T08:52:52Z")

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Read this thread in ATMB:

[Chrome just flagged this site as malware for me.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=723313)

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### Author: ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-thinks-that-this-site-contains-malware/688630/3 "2014-05-17T09:32:10Z")

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It’s not Chrome, it’s Google.

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### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2014, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-thinks-that-this-site-contains-malware/688630/4 "2014-05-17T10:54:02Z")

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See the linked thread. Closed.

**samclem** , moderator

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### Author: ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-thinks-that-this-site-contains-malware/688630/5 "2014-05-17T13:32:28Z")

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Management has been notified.