[thelist] Firefox Reporting Site as Attack Site

[Kevin Mulvihill]

I just hit it with Firefox and didn't get anything other than the site
itself...

Kevin


On 5/27/09 7:28 AM, "Todd Richards" <todd at promisingsites.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone -
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> I have been working on a new site for a company and finally got ready to
> launch last night.  Yesterday I was informed the old site (which I was not
> hosting and had nothing to do with) was being flagged as an attack site.  I
> didn't know what they were talking about so I assumed it was something to do
> with their network settings or virus software or something.  I didn't visit
> the old site after hearing this since I was about to launch anyway (plus
> they were sending me a screenshot).  So I went ahead and launched the new
> site (www.hcaa.com) last  night expecting things to be ok this morning.
> 
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> 
> This morning they said it was still showing as an attack site.  So I went
> and checked in Firefox (my default browser).  Even though it is going to the
> new server, it is, in fact, showing as a possible threat.  The old site was
> not using the generic domain name (hcaa.com) so I can pull up the site that
> way.  Turning off the security option in Firefox will also let me pull up
> the site.  I can also access it in IE.
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> I did some quick Googling and found that this can be a PITA to get removed.
> I will start with contacting Google, but was curious if anyone else had any
> suggestions.  Of course my client is pissed.
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> Thanks for any thoughts.
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> 
> Todd