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Regarding Google's malware database and malware warnings on FR
October 27, 2015 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 10/27/2015 5:21:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Basically, it's full of crap. Apparently, they have two issues with FR. One is that a user (a long-time user not a hacker) posted a link to an image that (unknown to him) resides on a site google has registered in their database as a malware site. We've pulled the post and notified google. Have no idea when they'll stop flagging us.

The other is that we have links to aim.org. NSS. Aim is a conservative site. Have no idea how many, but I'm sure we've had hundreds or even thousands of links posted to aim.org. We're not going to pull them.

Why google is apparently randomly flagging unrelated threads on FR I have no idea. Your guess is good as mine.

But it's not just google Chrome. Any browser that relies on google's database is doing this.

If you want to stop these erroneous and obnoxious warning messages immediately, you can set a browser option to ignore such warnings. Your virus protection software will catch any real viruses.

Thank you all very much for notifying me. I've received dozens and dozens of these already. Sorry, cannot answer each one individually.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freerepublic; google; internet; malware; malwarewarnings; stasi; warning; warnings
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks Jim for this, and all you do!


121 posted on 10/27/2015 11:42:04 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: usconservative

I use Adblock Edge with Pale Moon browser and get no warnings neither in freerepublic nor aim.org


122 posted on 10/27/2015 11:49:29 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: Pride in the USA

Here’s JimRob’s explanation regarding what you emailed me about.


123 posted on 10/27/2015 11:57:40 PM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: mowowie
Is GOOGLE monitoring and tracking me everywhere?

Google in act has a tracker on this site "Google Analytics." I use an extension called Ghostery that lets me block all trackers.

124 posted on 10/28/2015 12:12:47 AM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: Jim Robinson

FREE REPUBLIC MATTERS


125 posted on 10/28/2015 12:15:30 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Lazamataz

Not having a Chrome problem even with that setting enabled; though, I’m mostly using Opera since ditching the intolerant Mozilla browser.


126 posted on 10/28/2015 12:20:42 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: itsahoot

Jim & John have added Google Analytics to the site for their purposes. Google didn’t add it.


127 posted on 10/28/2015 12:25:45 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Jim Robinson; All

A badware freepathon suggestion: every time you encounter one of these bogus, nuisance pages, donate $10 (or $1 if you get it a lot) to the freepathon.


128 posted on 10/28/2015 12:39:12 AM PDT by Jemian
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To: DoughtyOne

Wow. This issue appears to have been around a long time though this is the first time I have come across it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1945568/posts


129 posted on 10/28/2015 12:40:15 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: itsahoot

These trackers are put there by the sites themselves. FR inserted Google Analytics tracker for statistics.


130 posted on 10/28/2015 1:30:05 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Jim Robinson

I didn’t have any problems yesterday with this on my iPad using safari.

Now this morning, I’m getting a phishing warning from Google.


131 posted on 10/28/2015 3:08:41 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Jim Robinson

It’s done on purpose. My work server used US DofD listing of forbidden sites. FR was listed as an anti-Semitic hate group. I bitched and moaned so hard (and being both Jewish and Isararli) they realized it was nonsense.

Pushing political agenda is Google’s goal.

I doubt the warning will ever go away.


132 posted on 10/28/2015 3:13:39 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: AFreeBird

I find it interesting that a FR gloBULL warming thread is now consider dangerous by this bunch..


133 posted on 10/28/2015 3:14:24 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

This thread is giving me phishing errors.


134 posted on 10/28/2015 3:18:04 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: AFreeBird

They are false alarms. Jim wrote that he already removed the one offending post and now the alarms are triggered by links to aim.org, that it is a legitimate site having their own false alarm for some reason.


135 posted on 10/28/2015 3:50:45 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Jim Robinson

I quit using google a while time ago. I use Ixquick. It claims not to record your traffic and, in fact, the targeted ads are much reduced from when I was using Google.


136 posted on 10/28/2015 3:52:24 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I quit using google a while time ago. I use Ixquick. It claims not to record your traffic and, in fact, the targeted ads are much reduced from when I was using Google.


137 posted on 10/28/2015 3:52:59 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Does it matter what internet browser you're using? I only use Palemoon as my preferred browser, nothing else. I don't have Chrome, Firefox or any other browser programmed into my computer.

Ok, I got Maxthon but that's only so I can cheat the local newspaper and get more than the 5 articles they try to limit me at. Wish I could find a way to stop that from happening.

;-)

138 posted on 10/28/2015 3:55:31 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Obama's legacy - Christianity outlawed, America shamed, morality destroyed. Need I say more?)
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To: matthew fuller
I consider Google a virus.

Amen to that!

139 posted on 10/28/2015 3:56:31 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Obama's legacy - Christianity outlawed, America shamed, morality destroyed. Need I say more?)
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To: Rodamala
Dude, warn us before posting an image like that. Remember that old saying,

"What has been seen, cannot be unseen!"

Yeesh, gonna have nightmares for days.

140 posted on 10/28/2015 3:59:00 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Obama's legacy - Christianity outlawed, America shamed, morality destroyed. Need I say more?)
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