What is malicious about Web designer?

**teaser** · 13 August 2009, 05:21 PM

Both sites that I have uploaded to public, created with my Xara web designer, show as "this site may harm your computer" by google. Anyone else encountering this? Here is more of the google review from one of the sites.....
What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 1 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 1 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-07-30, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-07-30.
Malicious software includes 1 trojan(s).

**Soquili** · 13 August 2009, 05:24 PM

Either your web host or your computer may be infected. If it is your computer then any site you publish may also be infected.

This has happened to at least one person that I am aware of.

**teaser** · 13 August 2009, 05:29 PM

My McAfee runs 24/7 and upgrades automatically. It has shown no reports of adware, spyware, etc.. Could anything slip by my McAfee? I may contact my webhosting and inquire about their end.

**Soquili** · 13 August 2009, 05:33 PM

Could anything slip by my McAfee?

Yes. It is possible.

It is also possible that someone hacked your web host and/or just your web pages and added links that lead to infected sites.

Are you using a host that inserts advertisements? It is possible one of those may be the cause of the google report.

**teaser** · 13 August 2009, 05:34 PM

I use hostforweb.com .....and also.... I am in the wrong category in this forum....lol

**Soquili** · 13 August 2009, 05:35 PM

I will move this thread to the Web Designer forum.

**teaser** · 13 August 2009, 05:39 PM

I appreciate the move. In case you missed.... I use hostforweb, if you are familiar with them.

**Soquili** · 13 August 2009, 06:06 PM

I am not familiar with your host.

Have you contacted them about the google report?

It has been two weeks since the date google reported the trojan was detected. It is possible your web host may have also found and removed any infection.

**steve.ledger** · 13 August 2009, 09:43 PM

It may not be your host of your pages directly, you may be using hotlinks or tracker codes which are pointing/linking to sites which are infected.

**slavelle** · 13 August 2009, 11:55 PM

a LOT of stuff slips by McAfee, Norton, etc. Get yourself a copy of malwarebytes (free at www.malwarebytes.com) and check for trojans and other malware. This app caught 300+ trojans/malware on one of my client's systems just the other day - a system running the Norton 360 system.

My site host was infected a while back with page redirects because of some admin whose password was weak, broken, and ALL of the sites on the host (and the other brandings of the same host) were infected.