November 16, 2012

We're undergoing problems with malware attacks. Three or four weeks ago the site was infected, but it was cleaned out, as verified by our server and Google itself. However, since then there were vestigial false reports of the malware problem somewhere in Google that caused Chrome to falsely list this site as malware infected. (If it had been infected, then other browsers would have picked up on it as well. The site was clean last night, and the problems with Google and Chrome a thing of the past (we thought), but this morning it's getting more malware reports. I'm not sure if it's actual malware or just more false reports. Until this is fixed, I'm going to skip the blog and work to resolve this problem. Have a good weekend; I have a feeling I won't. 

ADDENDUM - I'm still getting malware warnings on Chrome, but according to the Sucuri scanner, the site is malware free. See for yourself:

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/

In reply to by Willis

A couple others have said the same thing. But others are getting it on Chrome every time, including me. Are you using the most recent version, which is Google Chrome Version 23.0.1271.64 m?

I can access the site without warnings in Firefox or Explorer, but some report Firefox gets them the malware warning. I have no idea yet why this happens. I've contacted a company that specializes in malware removal and protection, but probably won't hear back from them until Monday. 

There seem to be related problems. For example, I'm supposed to get an automatic email whenever someone posts here, but didn't get one for your comment (I just happened to see it this morning), or for others, including some spam postings that I'm having to hunt down individually for now. A huge amount of hassle for something that's pretty much volunteer work.