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SilenceDewgooder

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Just tried checking out a headline there and got this instead:

Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!
 
As many regulars here have noted (here, here, here, here, and here), dialing into the Daily Paul on Chrome or Firefox results in a Google red screen that says the Daily Paul contains malware. No such warning appears when using Safari or IE. Further investigation shows that Google has classified the Daily Paul as 'suspicious', in spite of the fact that:

Of the 658 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 0 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2012-05-31, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 days

Over the past 90 days, dailypaul.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites. This site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

After much investigation, it appears that this is a false alarm. Google is listing some standard ad server code - which has been on the site for over a year - as suspicious. We may also be the subject of a dirty tricks attack, as the 'suspicious' page Google is flagging is this one: Why I am Endorsing Mitt Romney for President and Not Ron Paul.

Thank you everyone for your patience. We're working on getting this straightened out as soon as we can.

Michael
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Don't worry, it's safe.

http://www.dailypaul.com/237314/dai...+2012)&utm_content=FaceBook&utm_term=Ron+Paul
 
RickyJ said:
I am using Firefox on Linux Ubuntu and I get the same warning! I think they have been hacked.

I didn't use google to get there, I just typed dailypaul.com into the address bar and the warning came up. Google has nothing to with this.
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Just because you didn't use google to get there doesn't mean it has nothing to do with google. Google is the internet... It has been assumed that google has listed the website as possibly malicious because of some 3rd party ads. I'm sure it then goes into some database that is flagged in most web browsers.
 
zachrbroussard said:
Just because you didn't use google to get there doesn't mean it has nothing to do with google. Google is the internet... It has been assumed that google has listed the website as possibly malicious because of some 3rd party ads. I'm sure it then goes into some database that is flagged in most web browsers.
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Seriously dude! Do you really believe Google is the Internet?

I thought I have heard it all!
 
cant access it


oh boy...

ok now
 
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Well I learn something new everyday. Apparently Firefox downloads blacklists of suspected malicious sites every 30 minutes from various services and one of them is Google. This feature can be turned off in Firefox, but it is on by default.

Protection Against Suspected Forgery and Attack Sites Features
Protection Against Suspected Forgery and Attack Sites Features (not applicable to Firefox for mobile). The Firefox forgery and attack protection feature displays a warning if the website you are visiting is suspected of impersonating a legitimate website (commonly referred to as a phishing or forgery website) or a site that infiltrates or damages a computer system without your informed consent, including, without limitation, any computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, computer contaminant and/or other malicious and unwanted software (commonly called an attack site or malware). By default, Firefox checks the web pages that you visit against a blacklist that is downloaded to your hard drive at regularly scheduled intervals (e.g., approximately twice per hour), the rate of frequency may change from time to time. The blacklist does not include the full URL of each suspicious site. Instead, each URL is hashed (obscured so it can't be read) and then broken into portions. Only a portion of each hashed URL is included on the blacklist on your hard drive. If there is a match, Firefox will check with its third party provider to ensure that the website is still on the blacklist. The information sent between Firefox and its third party provider(s) are hashed URLs. In fact, multiple hashed URLs are sent with the real hash so that the third party provider(s) will not know what site you are visiting. If there is a match, Firefox displays either a “Reported Web Forgery” or “Reported Attack Site” alert, as applicable.

You may completely turn off the forgery and/or attack site protection features in Firefox’s preferences. If you do this, none of the information discussed here will be downloaded to your hard drive or sent to any third party service provider. An article in our Firefox Knowledge Base gives you information about changing your preferences.

Each time Firefox checks in with a third party provider to download a new blacklist, Non-Personal Information and Potentially Personal Information, such as the information that the browser sends every time you visit a website as well as the version number of the blacklist on your system, is sent to a third party provider. In order to safeguard your privacy, Firefox will not transmit the complete URL of web pages that you visit to anyone other than Mozilla and its service providers. While it is possible that a third party service provider may determine the actual URL from the hashed URL sent, Mozilla’s policy is to require its third party service providers to enter into a written agreement with Mozilla not to use any data or other information about or from users of Firefox for purposes other than to provide and maintain their service. In addition, Mozilla’s policy is to prohibit these third party service providers from correlating any Firefox user data with any other data collected through other products, services or web properties of that provider. These third party service providers may post about additional notices regarding their applicable privacy policies. (For example, see Google Safe Browsing Service in Mozilla Firefox Version 3.)

Please note that we’re not yelling at you in this paragraph. Our lawyers have advised us that we need to make sure this information is conspicuous so you’ll read it. The forgery and attack site protection feature is provided “as is” and for your information as advice and guidance only. Mozilla and its contributors, licensors and partners do not guarantee that these protection features will prevent you from being deceived by a malicious website and we strongly recommend that you continue to be vigilant while online, particularly when following links sent to you in e-mail.
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Am I missing something here? I thought the Ron Paul campaign was packing it in? Why the attacks now? Are we winning?

P.S ~ I think it's time we "Bing" it. Until of course they sell out too.
 
I'm using Google Chrome and got this just seconds ago:

"Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!"
 
Just click "Proceed Anyway" and you can access the DailyPaul

There is no threat so soldier on people.
 
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