Comments on: Says Google: StyleWeekly.com may harm my computer http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer/ Helpful tips to make your website more effective from Rick Whittington Consulting, Richmond, Virginia Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick Whittington http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-30551 Rick Whittington Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:40:09 +0000 http://esc05.hostican.com/~rickwhit/wordpress/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer#comment-30551 You are correct -- this message doesn't appear now. Thanks for fixing it! You are correct — this message doesn’t appear now. Thanks for fixing it!

]]> By: J kellams http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-30526 J kellams Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:56:35 +0000 http://esc05.hostican.com/~rickwhit/wordpress/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer#comment-30526 You need to up date your information The Google no longer list the message you are listing. You need to up date your information The Google no longer list the message you are listing.

]]> By: Tripp Fenderson http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-22543 Tripp Fenderson Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:02:14 +0000 http://esc05.hostican.com/~rickwhit/wordpress/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer#comment-22543 It's not uncommon for Google to place that message between their search results and a site suspected of delivering malware. A number of conditions can trigger the advisory including: * Compromised web servers * Poorly coded ActiveX controls or JavaScript (a possible culprit in Style's case) * Delivery of advertising content from compromised ad servers (the most likely culprit in Style's case) If you're interested in reading more about Google's methodology for deeming pages as compromised, take a look at this PDF: http://www.usenix.org/events/hotbots07/tech/full_papers/provos/provos.pdf It’s not uncommon for Google to place that message between their search results and a site suspected of delivering malware.

A number of conditions can trigger the advisory including:

* Compromised web servers
* Poorly coded ActiveX controls or JavaScript (a possible culprit in Style’s case)
* Delivery of advertising content from compromised ad servers (the most likely culprit in Style’s case)

If you’re interested in reading more about Google’s methodology for deeming pages as compromised, take a look at this PDF:

http://www.usenix.org/events/hotbots07/tech/full_papers/provos/provos.pdf

]]> By: Brenda P http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-22440 Brenda P Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:23:03 +0000 http://esc05.hostican.com/~rickwhit/wordpress/styleweeklycom-may-harm-my-computer#comment-22440 I very recently went to Style Weekly and indeed, my virus protection went whacky about some trojan it nuked -- I couldn't find much information online on what exactly the trojan aims to do. Good for Google for trying to protect folks from entering a site that's been tampered. But bad for Style Weekly, and for anyone who's been there -- folks, if you've been to Style, update your virus protection post haste and run a full virus-scan. (Oh, and I won't go back to Style's webpage until I read in a hardcopy version or in the RTD or something that they've cleaned their web parasites out.) I very recently went to Style Weekly and indeed, my virus protection went whacky about some trojan it nuked — I couldn’t find much information online on what exactly the trojan aims to do. Good for Google for trying to protect folks from entering a site that’s been tampered. But bad for Style Weekly, and for anyone who’s been there — folks, if you’ve been to Style, update your virus protection post haste and run a full virus-scan. (Oh, and I won’t go back to Style’s webpage until I read in a hardcopy version or in the RTD or something that they’ve cleaned their web parasites out.)

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