ere.net may harm your computer …
December 28th, 2007
Or so says Google. Checkout a recent search result:
What does this mean? According to Google, “This warning message appears with search results we’ve identified as sites that may install malicious software on your computer.”
Users even have to go through a warning page before getting to ERE.
Yikes! Now, knowing the gang at ERE, I have a hard time believing their site is a risk. However, Google’s opinion means a lot more than mine. Hopefully it’s something they’ll remedy soon.
Might want to check your own Google listing(s) too.
UPDATE: Be sure to read David Manaster’s comment below.
December 28th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Unfortunately, one of our members had a virus that propagates via web forms. Without their knowledge, they were appending viral code to the end their posts in the discussion groups.
I’m happy to say that we’ve already plugged the security hole that allowed this and cleaned the offending code off the site, so the problem has already been taken care of.
We’ve also been in touch with Google in order to get them to re-review the site and remove the warning message. We have not yet heard back from them with a timeframe where that will happen, but hopefully it will be soon.
December 28th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
My Norton Anti-Virus identified a “virus” and blocked it from ERE.net
December 29th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Update: It looks like Google has removed the warning from their search results.