# Firefox Website Warning
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-website-warning/688390
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [May 14, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-website-warning/688390 "2014-05-14T00:11:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-website-warning/688390/1 "2014-05-14T00:11:36Z")
\*\* Wait! Please don’t visit that site right now!\*\*
Google detected badware on the site you were visiting. Firefox uses Google’s blacklist to warn you about “Reported attack sites.” We understand that you may know and trust this site, but it’s possible for good sites to be infected with badware without the site owners’ knowledge or permission.
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Yeah, Firefox was begging me not to visit this site.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-website-warning/688390/2 "2014-05-14T00:23:13Z")
There’s already a thread on this and a sticky. The thread discusses all browsers affected.
> **[Chrome just flagged this site as malware for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=723313)**
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> Chrome is suddenly telling me this: Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for boards.straightdope.com/sdmb What is the current listing status for boards.straightdope.com/sdmb? This site is not currently listed as suspicious. What happened when Google...
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-website-warning/688390/3 "2014-05-14T00:37:06Z")
Topic closed as there’s already a main topic about this (along with 3-4 little ones).