Google Safe Browsing is detecting all sorts of hacks and malware on sites. To help users Google shares this information with browsers like Firefox and Safari and Chrome.
Today I had my site show up on this list and it was not pleasant. How did this happen? Apparently my install was vulnerable like thousands of WordPress installations out there. I thought I was doing the right thing by installing the latest versions and installing plug-ins to protect.
I found out that several sites on my hosting company servers also appeared to be affected by this update from Google.
What you do is update/fix your site and then re-submit to google for scanning. Hopefully Google will approve and remove the warning entry.
This was the page users would view:
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for victorcaballero.com
What is the current listing status for victorcaballero.com?
Site is listed as suspicious – visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 3 time(s) over the past 90 days.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 54 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 13 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-08-05, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-08-05.Malicious software is hosted on 5 domain(s), including freead.name/, toolbarcom.org/, adsnet.biz/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS31815 (MEDIATEMPLE).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, victorcaballero.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.
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.
