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Google Warns Internet Users About Google.com

Accepted submission by butthurt at 2016-04-20 08:05:15
Security
from the don't-panic dept.

An eWeek [eweek.com] blogger notes that in Google's Safe Browsing [wikipedia.org] rating system, the company has rated [google.com] its own google.com domain as "partially dangerous." According to an archived copy [archive.is] of the listing, the reasons for the rating are (hyperlinks removed):

  • Some pages on this website install malware on visitors' computers.
  • Attackers on this site might try to trick you to download software or steal your information (for example passwords, messages, or credit card information).
  • Some pages on this website redirect visitors to dangerous websites that install malware on visitors' computers, including: 7b726aeb-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com, polnu4ewtan4iwki.ws, and 40d0dfd9-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com.
  • Dangerous websites have been sending visitors to this website, including: maeaflordapele.com, valeimaginar.blogspot.com, and bou7out.blogspot.com.

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