Nigel ... any ideas ... obviously those of us who got the 'warning' trust S-Z enough to click on the "Ignore This Message' box ... are those of us who got the 'warning' all using Mozilla Firefox?
Here is the message I got when I clicked on the S-Z bookmark:
Reported Attack Page!
This web page at www.synthzone.com has been reported as an attack page and has been blocked based on your security preferences.
Attack pages try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.Some attack pages intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners.
It then has two boxes the say:
GET ME OUT OF HERE and
WHY WAS THIS PAGE BLOCKED? and in the lower corner
IGNORE THIS WARNINGClicking on the 'Ignore etc.' brings me right to the forums ...
clicking on
WHY WAS THIS PAGE BLOCKED brings up this:
Safe Browsing Advisory provided by Google
Diagnostic page for synthzone.com
What is the current listing status for synthzone.com?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 54 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2012-10-01, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2012-10-01.
Malicious software includes 2 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 2 new process(es) on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including applied3dtechnologies.net/.
2 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including lamanana.hu/, sonicftp.com/.
This site was hosted on 2 network(s) including AS13768 (PEER1), AS15169 (Google Internet Backbone).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, synthzone.com 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.
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.
Next steps:
Return to the previous page.
If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.When the forum page comes up there is a 'banner' that says
Reported Attack Site! and two boxes
Get Me Out Of Here! and
This isn't an attack site...I am hesitant to click on the
This isn't an attack site... for fear of what might happen ...
NIGEL - HELP PLEASE!!!
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