[thelist] Firefox Reporting Site as Attack Site

[Todd Richards]

Thanks everyone.  I submitted my request to Google yesterday morning, and
late last night I was able to pull it up without a problem.  Dodged another
one!  :)

Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon MacDonald [mailto:simonmacdonald at uk2.net] 
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:14 AM
To: todd at promisingsites.com; thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: RE: [thelist] Firefox Reporting Site as Attack Site

I pulled it up in FF - no problems shown

cheers

Simon MacDonald
www.lemonslicedesign.com


>------Original Message-----
>-From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
>-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Todd Richards
>-Sent: 27 May 2009 15:28
>-To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>-Subject: [thelist] Firefox Reporting Site as Attack Site
>-
>-Hi Everyone -
>-
>-
>-
>-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.
>-
>-
>-
>-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.
>-
>-
>-
>-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.
>-
>-
>-
>-Thanks for any thoughts.
>-
>-
>-
>-Todd
>-
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