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Chrome is throwing false 'Malware' detection for Free Republic
7/29/2014
Posted on 07/29/2014 6:51:20 AM PDT by Lazamataz
I no longer use Microsoft Internet Explorer, MS has pretty much destroyed that product. I now use Google Chrome.
This morning, on two separate computers, Chrome has thrown a false malware warning for Free Republic (the pings url, to be specific). Apparently, 'secretsofthefed.com' is defined as a Malware site, and somehow, my pings has that in the list somewhere. Thusly, it is throwing a Malware lockout. You can get past it, but it is annoying and unnecessary, and would prevent less-savvy users from going to FR.
This MAY be happening only for those users who happen to have that website (www.secretsofthefed.com) cited in their ping list, or it may be for everyone. We shall see.
This is just a heads up service for anyone getting this result, and a technical note for the administration here.
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KEYWORDS: google; internet
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:51:20 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
To: John Robinson; Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:52:06 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Lazamataz
Eh? Google is evil?
Didn’t see that coming...
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:52:36 AM PDT
by
null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: Lazamataz
Chrome is not blocking FR for me.
I do NOT have www.secretsofthefed.com in my ping list.
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:53:26 AM PDT
by
garyb
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:54:14 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:54:45 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz 2016)
To: Lazamataz
Laz, I dropped CA as my anti-virus software several years back because of a similar thing. They blocked Free Republic as a hate site.
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:54:57 AM PDT
by
Malichi
(!)
To: Lazamataz
Thanks, but no thanks. There is nothing remotely appealing I find about Google, or Google Chrome, regardless of its capabilities or warnings.
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:55:12 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Lazamataz
LOL. I guess Google, being a NWO company, would see that site as malware.
Can’t you tell chrome to “ignore” that site as malware ?
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:55:17 AM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: Lazamataz
the only time that shows up on my machine is when I try to access,,,obama's presonal newspaper site...
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:56:02 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
To: Lazamataz
What link or thread are you using? Running Opera here and FR loads up fine. A direct typing of secretsofthefed.com leads right to the website with no problems, but I can try it also from another machine that still has mozilla-firefox installed if you want more info.
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:56:31 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
To: null and void
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:56:33 AM PDT
by
wdk535
To: Lazamataz
Google is again doing its part to help opponents of B. Hussein as the Mid Term Election Campaign Season heats up.
Expect Google to do even more “distractive destruction” as the 2014 Impeachment of Obama draws nearer.
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:57:31 AM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Lazamataz
It’s a link in a particular thread, it appears. Those Meme images will trigger a warning for me on occasion.
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posted on
07/29/2014 6:59:01 AM PDT
by
corlorde
(forWARD of the state.)
To: garyb; Lazamataz
Chrome is not blocking FR for me.I do NOT have www.secretsofthefed.com in my ping list.
Ditto.
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posted on
07/29/2014 7:00:05 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: garyb; John Robinson; Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator
Chrome is not blocking FR for me. I do NOT have www.secretsofthefed.com in my ping list.Curiously, when I went to look for the website in my 'pings' I could not find it after all. It apparently saw 'secretsofthefed' elsewhere, and blocked the site.
Now, I wouldn't normally say anything about this if it happened on one computer, but it happened on two. That means it would be happening at the Chrome/browser level.
It also looks like it just stopped happening.
Who knows. It is definitely something to keep an eye on. 'They' might try to lock FR out at the browser level someday, this would be how it might look.
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posted on
07/29/2014 7:00:30 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Utilizer
The link is in the image I provided. I wouldn't bother testing, it looks like Chrome stopped doing it.
Right after I posted this thread that busted them out.
Hmm.
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posted on
07/29/2014 7:03:41 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Lazamataz
Nope. Tried it with Opera and firefox on another machine and no problems so far.
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posted on
07/29/2014 7:03:45 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
To: Malichi; Lazamataz
>>Laz, I dropped CA as my anti-virus software several years back because of a similar thing.
That message is from Chrome itself.
No problem with Chrome here, Laz. You might get some more info by clicking the Advanced button that you could post as well.
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posted on
07/29/2014 7:04:04 AM PDT
by
expat1000
("If you're explaining, you're losing." Ronald Reagan)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
07/29/2014 7:05:34 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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