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| | SnitchSeeker Site News Stay informed on the latest site notices and updates. Keep your Extendable Ears handy; there's always something happening! | 
11-14-2011, 06:46 PM
| | |  Resolved, clean and not an issue: Google Malware warning
Many of our members have noticed Malware warnings when visiting our site lately.
Something like this: 
Clicking the link to the diagnostics page would give you this: Quote: What is the current listing status for www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/albums? This site is not currently listed as suspicious. Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.
What happened when Google visited this site? Of the 3 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 1 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-11-12, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-11-10.Malicious software includes 2 trojan(s). Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including q3s.ru/. This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS46475 (LIMESTONENETWORKS). Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware? Over the past 90 days, www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/albums did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.
Has this site hosted malware? No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
This warning showed up because Google added a new feature to protect people from malicious sites and to help make the web a safer place. They scan all files on websites around the web (including ours) and if they find any suspicious looking code, they put up that warning to anybody who attempts to view any page anywhere on the site, regardless of if the section was flagged or not. The entire site gets the warning once any file on any section is found to contain malicious code.
In our case, the malicious code was an invisible iframe which hackers had placed in unused index files in our gallery. REPEAT: The files containing the malicious code were in UNUSED pages in our gallery - pages not linked to from anywhere and which nobody can visit. So nobody was at any time in danger of getting infected. But Google plays it safe and flagged our site anyway, just in case.
I have found and manually removed all the infected files, and resubmitted our site for Google to check. Yesterday we got confirmation from Google that the malicious files indeed are removed and our site has returned to good standing and is no longer flagged.
See screen from our Google webmaster tools confirmation (screen taken 13 Nov 2011):
The days leading up to November 13th, the message was this:
I hope this explains everything clearly for all of you. Bottom line: Nobody was ever in any real danger of infection, and now ALL files on our server (even ones not accessed by site visitors) have been cleaned and all malicious tags have been removed. Google has confirmed this and has removed the warning.
I apologize for any worries or inconvenience this might have caused you. Thank you for keeping us on our toes! 
Love from your faithful headmaster,
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11-14-2011, 07:14 PM
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| | Graphorn
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: University.
Posts: 17,325
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Enya Mayberry
Fourth Year | Workaholic || HOGwart | iloveyou. || SnowQueenEviee.
I thought it was just my computer at first! I was confused because Google Chrome liked SS before so I put it down as my computer. Then when I heard other people were getting the same problem I began to get a little worried.
But I'm so glad it's been fixed! Thank You!
__________________ ♥♥♥♥♥__________Chapter 17 of "A Broken Wing" Is up now!___________♥
___________________Look Who's Back.
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11-14-2011, 08:48 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado
Posts: 15,633
Hogwarts RPG Name:
William Atticus MacGhilliseathenaich-Dwinkendorf IV
Second Year | James is my REAL name | Pokah Face | Scheming Marauder | True Marauder | Foster the People
I'm glad it got fixed! I saw others talking about it and I hadn't seen it. But eventually my Google Chrome was telling me the same thing.
Thanks everyone!
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11-14-2011, 09:05 PM
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|   DoMSea Serpent
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 41,122
Hogwarts RPG Name:
TBD
First Year | Mommy of 3 <3 <3 <3
I never saw the message. But thanks for taking care of it | |
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11-14-2011, 09:06 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 1,415
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Janet Lynn Gordon
Fifth Year | Werecats are people too! Reader of Fan Fictions
Thank you for your diligence and hard work to keep all us SnitchSeekers safe.
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11-14-2011, 09:35 PM
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| | Bicorn
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: On SS of course!
Posts: 16,991
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kiera Burton
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| Gaga Mafia Monster : MURPHY : Kelvin's SS!BFAM : Roro's Evil Twin : Ravlyndor : Gopher
Thanks again Rich for all of your tech-awesomeness!  | |
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11-14-2011, 09:54 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: EST (GMT -5)
Posts: 10,679
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Finnlay 'Finn' Cameron Muir
Fifth Year x5
| Ravenpuff | Cap'n Crunch | Bedtime Queen | O Minion, My Minion
Thanks for figuring that out. You guys rock, SS staff!
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11-15-2011, 02:20 AM
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| | Ramora
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kita's pocket
Posts: 5,229
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Aslan Archer
Slytherin Fourth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Rose Woods
Gryffindor Fifth Year  x9 x6
| ½ of Lauralie | Koala | The being in Ern's pocket | Baby Smurf | Prouf member of The Flock
Thanks for solving it! I thought it was just me...
YOU ROCK SS Staff!
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11-15-2011, 03:03 AM
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| | Kappa
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Never Neverland
Posts: 13,423
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Felix Greenwood
First Year x1
| DivaDivaDiva ||Candy Cane Mama||
Glad it was nothing serious. I downloaded a virus and It was not fun! My computer died and it was so sad 
So thank you for getting this fixed!
__________________ ♣♣To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower♣♣
♣♣Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour♣♣ | |
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11-15-2011, 03:31 AM
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| Formerly: Rupert-Grint-Fan  Porlock
Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: The Burrow
Posts: 8,272
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Rowan Lewis
Third Year | Dave Grohl-Josh Hutcherson-RupertGrint-HP-HG- Marvel-D.C-Taylor Hawkins-Drumming-Foo Fighters-
Oh THANK YOU! I got real scared when it popped up and I couldn't get on for three days  I thought I was gonna die without this amazing site! Yeah that's right, I'm addicted | |
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11-15-2011, 03:31 AM
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| | Granian
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bikini Bottom
Posts: 21,185
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Roman Gellar
Slytherin First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Arden Toros
Gryffindor Sixth Year x4 x1
| A Poop * k8 *
I knew SS would never EVER get infected...I was so confused cuz I thought SS was so safe. I thought my computer was just being stupid! so yay!
__________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
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11-15-2011, 05:08 AM
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|  DMACPuffskein
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: GMT+2
Posts: 1,523
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Aurora "Orr" Opal
Fifth Year | Ravenpuff Girl / \ Bookworm and Music lover
Thanks for being so quick to take care of it. I was worried since it happened out of the blue and seemed really odd.
__________________ When you're ready come and get it, nah nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah nah.
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11-15-2011, 06:46 AM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Posts: 2,222
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Natalie O'Hara
First Year |
Yeah, I also didn't see the message, but thanks for repairing it!! | |
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11-15-2011, 11:14 AM
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| | Pygmy Puff
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NL
Posts: 18,217
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Cathal C Myles
Third Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Morrigan Heffernan
x3
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Ahh. I was too scared that something might happen to my laptop, so I was SS-less for like.. 3 days. Very boring. D:
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11-15-2011, 11:32 AM
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| | Pixie
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nutella Jar (GMT+7)
Posts: 44,767
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mikey Goh
Fourth Year x7
| BOOMBAYAH! | #PuedoPorquePiensoQuePuedo | Certified Blank and Random Person | Raventastic
Thanks it was solved. But I wander why when I accessed SS with GC it have the warning, while I accessed SS with firefox didn't have the warning? 
__________________ AT THE HOGWARTS YULE BALL, YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH....__________________
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11-15-2011, 12:03 PM
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| | Demiguise
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hobbiton
Posts: 24,242
Hogwarts RPG Name:
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Ravenclaw
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ronnie Thurkell
Gryffindor Seventh Year
x12 x12
| lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Quote:
Originally Posted by alchemist_18  Thanks it was solved. But I wander why when I accessed SS with GC it have the warning, while I accessed SS with firefox didn't have the warning? That's simply because Google chrome has the Google diagnostics tool installed on the browser while other browsers do not. You can turn off Google Diagnostics if you go to the Under the Hood section of your Chrome browser. If 'Enable phishing and malware protection' is checked, then the Google Diagnostic tool will automatically check for malware hosted on a website, which is awesome because that is how we found out there was a problem in the first place.
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be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you | |
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11-15-2011, 03:18 PM
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| | Billywig
Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: In Vince's heart. <3
Posts: 3,819
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ezekiel Andrei de Ferreis
Seventh Year | {TwistedHearts. ♥ || GRYFFINDOR | | Zara, Zeke, Regina, Icarus. ♥ || Yssa.}
Yeeey! Haha, I really thought something was up before. Great job, SS Staff especially the founder, Dumbledore.  *thumbs up*
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11-15-2011, 05:25 PM
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| | Mooncalf
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Camp Half-Blood
Posts: 7,730
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Violeta X. Escalante
Gryffindor Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Yulietta Escalante
Slytherin Second Year x8
| That's Rough Buddy | Be the Flower | Moon & Stars
Woooot! This is a huge relief. Thanks for keeping this site safe!
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11-15-2011, 07:38 PM
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| | Doxy
Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: [GMT]
Posts: 6,186
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Dalia Turay
Fourth Year | Zing
*flail*
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11-15-2011, 08:32 PM
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| | Bugbear
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,132
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Cody Liam Evans
Seventh Year | HP, Harry & Ginny ♥ | Music Girl ♫ | | BW, JB, CS, 1D, Glee, AVPM/S Lover | Pray &
Thanks for fixing it!
__________________ ♥ HARRY POTTER FOREVER ♥
Thank You For The Three Best Years!
I Am Busy As A Bee. Please Bear With Me As I Will Come On SS As Much As Possible.
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11-16-2011, 12:12 AM
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| | Poltergeist
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gallifrey
Posts: 38,050
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<#
I was a bit confused by it! But I'm glad it's not there any more
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11-16-2011, 01:10 PM
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|  DoMJobberknoll
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dreamland (GMT+8)
Posts: 4,039
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Serena Anastasia Anders
Fifth Year x2
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Whew! Thank God! I wasn't able to visit the site because of that warning  Thanks for fixing it 
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11-16-2011, 08:30 PM
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| | Kappa
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kanto
Posts: 14,865
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Eino Uronen
Sixth Year | ♛ Certified Pogrebin Hunter ♛ Lucki Minaj ☠ RAH RAH I'M A DUNGEON DRAGON ☠
So happy that's gone, thanks so much. | |
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11-17-2011, 11:04 AM
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| | Kelpie
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: BUE - Left Coast
Posts: 26,239
| Big Tuna | Booger | Team Men | Chris's SS!BFAM | Jules says I'm RAD | #Superman | Dustbin
Rich, you're the best. Thanks for fixing this! | |
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11-17-2011, 12:00 PM
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| Formerly: Hayden  DH Ficlet RookieNogtail
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Studio. [GMT+8]
Posts: 4,725
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Nero Perseus Ballarat
First Year | ☆ Always Potterhead ☆ SSRPG Addict ☆ Coffee Addict ☆
I switched from GC to FF when I was in portable mode because of the warning.
Anyways, thanks for fixing that up. You're the best! | |
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