I'm no expert, but sometimes badly written code and over-abundant
advertising can both make your page seem suspicious. Also, it's quite common
for Google to throw up false positives.

If you have faith in your antivirus/spyware detection software, you could
risk clicking on the link. Be sure to update your malware definitions first,
though.

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Deepak Misra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Wanting to read an old page on DH
>
> www.*deccanherald*.com/content/Oct252007/panorama2007102432140.asp
>
> I searched for it on Google and get  a message that DH is listed as a
> suspicious site and accessing pages cause malware to be installed on your
> computer :-(
>
> Details:
>
> http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/Oct252007/panorama2007102432140.asp
>
> I consider myself lucky that I navigated to the page from Google and hence
> caught this in time
>
> However  makes we wonder if we are really ready for online content.
>
> I was curious as to the statement
>
> <<<<
>
> *How did this happen?*
>
> In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites,
> which would cause us to show the warning message.
>
> >>>>
>
> So how is this done ? By hacking passwords ?
>
> Deepak Misra
>



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