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.
Thanks for the update, Jim.
I was afraid you would get a lot of reports.
At first I thought it might be a malware issue. Glad it wasn’t.
We are malware!
People need to calm down and let you guys resolve this.
Thanks for looking into this, Jim. I use Firefox. I got it for one post and ignored it. It hasn’t popped up again.
Did someone leave the Italians on?
Just so you know, Jim (And everyone else), I’ve had zero issues with Pale Moon.
https://www.palemoon.org/
Works just like Firefox.
Thank you, sir.
I stopped using Google years ago because they pulled this kind of crap.
I don’t see any reason to change yet.
Hmmm. I don’t seem to be seeing it no matter where I roam. I must have turned it off already.
However, at least one Freeper is under the impression that his/her hair is on fire...
Hey!
:-)
Where's the fun in that?
:)
Thank you for the update, Jim.
Google’s warning has microaggressed me. I demand reparations. And a pony.
Interesting. at least there is some rationale - weak though it may be - for why this happened. My first reaction was it was a tactic employed by liberals in some way to trash Free Republic
Jimmy...Sorry you had to chime in on this,again.As soon as I saw it I said oh crap here we go again....
Freepers need to understand the source of this crap and its work arounds..Your posting MAY have helped
By the way, looks like google is flagging all posts linked to aim.org.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=site:freerepublic.com+aim.org
We’re not going to pull these. Google can KMA.
Oh oh...
LOL
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