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.
We are malware!..........
To the Democrats!
If you use multiple browers on Windows, adding the site to your hosts file seems to help as well.
Nope, left the caps on. Remembering.
Just happened to me for the first time right now on another thread. Using Pale Moon, but it also happened on Opera and FireFox.
We are malware!..........
To the Democrats!
Use ixquick. No tracking, does not record your IP. Private. It searches all the other data bases for you.
https://classic.ixquick.com/?&snl=1
Ten years ago when I last worked for the feral gummint Barracuda would not let me open FreeRepublic labeling it “criminal conspiracy”. That was when “W” was in office!
I think our guesses about Google vs. FR are probably closer to the mark.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.
Nice snag there.
This is the first time I’ve seen this problem.
Jim & John have added Google Analytics to the site for their purposes.
Thanks for the info guess I will unblock it.
“Did someone leave the Italians on?”
Ha - those were the days - eh?
Of course most of the “youngsters” around here will scratch their heads wondering why “all your Italians are belong to us” would be even remotely funny...
I am experiencing this problem for the first time this morning. I have an older Mac running either Safari 5.0.6 or Firefox 3.6.28. For now I am simply selecting the ignore warning button on Safari. The choice to ignore the warning on Firefox seems to be disabled.
Department of Defense sees us as anti-Semitic? That's what you're saying?
Fine except for any of the billion or so Internet users who happen to run across www.freerepublic.com and now associate it with "danger."
As long as StopBadware Clearinghouse, Google, ThreatTrack Security, NSFocus, etc. make it easy as I understand it to
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bttt
>>And a pony
Pony?? I want a UNICORN pony! I’m entitled!
“Its political, Jim...”
BINGO
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I’d love to turn the malware detect off but I’m using a work computer. So, I’ll just live with it for now.
StopBadware Clearinghouse search results listed above indicate that data provided to StopBadware is why Free Republic is being blacklisted.
What are StopBadwares data sources?
Regardless who my question is why threads that have been safe and static for months (years?) are now listed as caches of malware?
I do not care that I personally can simply turn off the warning.
I am more concerned about the impact on FR.
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