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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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To: Lazamataz

Get ‘Google-free’ browsing, get Chromium ...

http://chromium.woolyss.com


61 posted on 07/29/2014 8:07:18 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Lazamataz
Freerepublic.com isn’t the issue, it’s the hotlink to secretsofthefed.com.

Yup - as I mentioned in previous post, there appear to be real reasons to warn about secretsofthefed.com, and the site owner of secretsofthefed.com can request a review of the warnings from Google after fixing the problems.
62 posted on 07/29/2014 8:09:05 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Citizen Zed

Maybe there is something nasty on your USB flash drive? Or by logging into google you are taking something everywhere you go? Or are you logging into Facebook? I’ve seen Facebook run Windows processes. Check your Windows task list for processes or services running - cancel one by one until the problem goes away. Chrome can run pages in the background - explore the Chrome settings more. Maybe your employer is watching everything you do with a plug-in they don’t understand? Is your spouse tracking you? Do you have multiple personalities, maybe one called Arnold who does not trust you?


63 posted on 07/29/2014 8:09:44 AM PDT by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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To: Lazamataz

I have overlooked something - what is ‘secretsofthefed.com’ and what does that site have to do with FreeRepublic?

I am running FireFox 30.0 on Linux Mint version 16 “Mate” (32-bit) and have never encountered any problems.


64 posted on 07/29/2014 8:12:15 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: John Robinson; All
And again, getting the same problem. Attempting to reply to My post #60 instead reloads the entire thread, after which I can go on to the next page (51-60) to reply. Anyone else getting this problem?

Reloading the original thread does not solve it, I have to go to the newly-displayed thread to reply.

65 posted on 07/29/2014 8:12:28 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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To: Lazamataz

Chrome? A Google product? Wow! You do know that Google is a communist company, do you not?


66 posted on 07/29/2014 8:15:12 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: Lazamataz

Edited the Preferences-Security menu to uncheck “Block reported attack sites”, after which I was able to access the site no worries.


67 posted on 07/29/2014 8:17:13 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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To: Lazamataz

I use Opera, no problemo.


68 posted on 07/29/2014 8:23:52 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Utilizer
"And again, getting the same problem. Attempting to reply to My post #60 instead reloads the entire thread, after which I can go on to the next page (51-60) to reply. Anyone else getting this problem?"

Yes, I had to keep trying before my posts would go through. Hitting "Reply" reloaded the thread page.

69 posted on 07/29/2014 8:37:49 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: Lazamataz

I use Chrome and didn’t have any problems this morning on my desktop.
But I don’t have that website bookmarked.


70 posted on 07/29/2014 8:38:35 AM PDT by fedupjohn (America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
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To: Lazamataz

Someone probably linked to an image on that thread and google doesn’t like the linked site.


71 posted on 07/29/2014 8:38:52 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Well, at least I’m not the only one. The other threads work OK, it’s just this one that has the problem.


72 posted on 07/29/2014 8:43:29 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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To: Utilizer
I tried to reply on this thread (to Eaker and Laz, the two I tried) the Reply To click instead reloaded the entire page, after which I was able to reply as this shows.

It did this to me too.

73 posted on 07/29/2014 8:43:38 AM PDT by Eaker (Dogs love to be hugged! Rescue and Hug One Today.)
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To: Lazamataz

Laz.....just a suggestion when you use chrome. (I don’t use it much)

Chrome has browser extensions that get loaded, often without your input like “safe price” and other crud. In that way they are no different then IE.

Take a look.

While you are there, take a look at your basic browser setting as well.


74 posted on 07/29/2014 8:49:20 AM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Eaker
Yes, I'm starting to think this is not browser-specific, this page-reloading thing. I took a quick glance at the Page Source, but nothing was glaringly apparent -though I am quick to admit that I am not and expert at HTML.

Odd that it would affect only this thread though.

75 posted on 07/29/2014 8:49:36 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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To: Jim Robinson; Utilizer; Travis McGee

Probably. Check Utilizer’s posts on this thread; he’s getting Malware warnings in Firefox.

It’s very disconcerting that Google’s tentacles are so deep that they can stop another company’s browser (Firefox, in this case) by their say-so.

Makes me wonder how deep they are into the web, and if they could shut lots of people down with the flick of a switch, no matter what browser you use.

Travis: I think you were looking in the wrong area when you postulated the possibility of a ‘second internet’. Google was able to shut down (or at least slow down) access to a website even with a competitor’s browser. Think ahead to the next level and what they could achieve.


76 posted on 07/29/2014 8:55:15 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.)
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To: Utilizer

*ahem* “an” expert, not “and” expert. Need to proofread more thoroughly before posting.


77 posted on 07/29/2014 9:04:06 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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To: Lazamataz

I think it also important to point out that this is occurring in the firefox browser -on the Linux OS. The vast majority of malware affects the ‘doze platform, not the various ‘nix or BSD offerings so the “malware” warnings are mostly an irritant rather than a benefit of sorts.


78 posted on 07/29/2014 9:21:22 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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To: Utilizer
Yes. Well-observed.

Today, Firefox voluntarily uses Google's "Bad Website" list, and with both Chrome and Firefox, getting by this warning is trivial.

Tomorrow, Obama could Executive Order that all browsers use Google's "Bad Website" list, and that getting by the block is impossible.

79 posted on 07/29/2014 9:25:11 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.)
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To: Utilizer

It has happened to me before several times.

Just a glitch I suppose.


80 posted on 07/29/2014 9:30:30 AM PDT by Eaker (Dogs love to be hugged! Rescue and Hug One Today.)
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