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"Google Safe Browsing recently detected malware on www.gamedev.net"

Tiago Costa · 2014-09-24T00:14:06

Hi, I just noticed that when I try to access GameDev.net through a google search this page is displayed: I don't know when this started because I usually use a bookmark to open GameDev.net and this page is only shown when using google search. Edit: That page is being displayed in various pages inside GameDev.net, even without using google search. Since it doesn't always happen maybe it's related to ads?

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Started by Aqua Costa September 16, 2014 02:01 PM

25 comments, last by Madhed 9 years, 7 months ago

Dragonsoulj

3,213

September 18, 2014 05:55 PM

Nothing offensive appears to be in that page's source. Looks fine now.

Orymus3

18,866

September 18, 2014 07:24 PM

Looks all clear here. Any roster of pages we need to cycle through perhaps?

Sik_the_hedgehog

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September 18, 2014 10:41 PM

I feel bad for having never hit the warning (despite the fact it was mentioned Firefox can trigger it as well). Unless perhaps the injection didn't happen when using Linux? (you can tell the operating system from the user agent after all)

Don't pay much attention to "the hedgehog" in my nick, it's just because "Sik" was already taken =/ By the way, Sik is pronounced like seek, not like sick.

Michael Tanczos

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September 19, 2014 01:08 AM

It should be cleared.. put a request through to google this morning to re-check the site as well.

Cambo_frog

856

September 21, 2014 12:20 PM

Been blocked from gamedev for over a week by Avast in browser protection.

Was reporting malware (HTML:Script-inf).

Just got back on today.

For the love of god, please tell me that you've just omitted your error checking code for brevity, and you don't really assume that all those functions succeed.

AnnaMarie

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September 23, 2014 04:02 PM

If you just got the warning relatively recently you may want to do a scan. I was constantly getting a DNS changer trojan. I assumed that since it appeared no one else had any issues it was just a chance thing between myself and another user. Since no one had replied to the thread I assumed it was deemed a non-issue so I didn't bother following up on it

Though it may have just been that when the thread was first made it wasn't throughout the website as much and was much more limited, so that may have been why not many people had something similar.

On my end it is indeed fixed. The thread I am referencing above can be found here: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/659734-mse-warns-about-linked-site/