Google is adding "This site may harm your computer." to FR search results.

Example search ^ | 9/29/15

[al baby]

bed wetters

[al baby]

netscape is clean

[mumblypeg]

I got the harm message when I clicked on the article’s link. It says the site administrator must take action.

[Bikkuri]

Not the first time :/

[daniel1212]

Go to the linked page, click on a link and see what Google says, Send feedback, and tell them,

I just sent:

If the notice is still coming up, go to the bottom of the page where is says STOP adding “Warning — visiting this web site may harm your computer!” to freerepublic.com search results, as for links here.

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:freerepublic.com+%22thailand%3F%22&cad=h

There simply is no valid reason for this, and ideological censure will only impugn the credibility of Google.

Thanks. Grace and peace thru the Lord Jesus

[Bikkuri]

I use ixquick, been using it for about a decade. Sometimes, I use Google if I am trying to get more information, but rarely need to use it...

[daniel1212]

ping (see above post).

[boycott]

Remember the Google executive that was very involved in the overthrow of Egypt during the so-called Arab spring? He should be deported to Egypt and put on trial.

This is an example of how much power some of these tech companies have.

Revolution 2.0 — How One Google Exec + Facebook Sparked An Uprising in Egypt

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mohamed-a-elerian/revolution-20-how-one-goo_b_3333340.html

[daniel1212]

That is not what is meant. Go to https://www.google.com/search?q=site:freerepublic.com+%22thailand%3F%22&cad=h and try any link,.

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[<1/1,000,000th%]

1st thing I thought.

[Yaelle]

Well, the other day - maybe yesterday - I got actual malware for the first time on my iPad. I do spend time here every day so could there actually have been some infection?

[HandyDandy]

I am on an iPad. How do you tell if you’ve picked up malware?

[Yaelle]

There was a popup that said something was wrong as well as behind it, a weird screen saying something was wrong, both had a “apple” phone number to call for immediate help.

I knew the number was unlikely to be apple, so I called Apple myself looking up the number. They told me what to do and I had to reset the browser in settings or whatever. They told me it was malware and of course if I had called there would be someone telling me to pay $ to get rid of whatever. But it took one 5 min phone call and it was gone.

I was on safari. Sometimes I use chrome and even sometimes (when I need to upload docs) I use puffin browser.

[discostu]

I’m not sure. Just saw it mentioned on some threads that if you clicked the link to the story you got a malware warning. I didn’t run into it myself, but that is the kind of thing that’ll get you flagged on the Google.

[HandyDandy]

I haven’t seen any pop-ups, but I do get the same screen as in post#44 if I click on the “example search^” at beginning of thread.

[discostu]

Once you get flagged you have to go through the process to unflag.

[HandyDandy]

Sorry discotu, meant this for Yaelle:

"I haven’t seen any pop-ups, but I do get the same screen as in post#44 if I click on the “example search^” at beginning of thread."

[HandyDandy]

So as long as I don’t click on a search result that says “this site may harm your computer” I won’t get flagged and will avoid having to get unflagged?

[dr_lew]

Just now I searched on my tag, along with Free Republic, and Google showed me a number of links to FR, none of them with warnings.

[Slings and Arrows]

It’s possible, but an extreme long shot, IMO. Did you visit any clickbait sites?