Warnings to Heed from Google

Perhaps you have seen this in a Google search result: “This site may harm your computer“.  If you do, don’t go there! What it means is that malicious software has somehow entered the website and is most likely aiming to piggyback into YOUR computer if you open that page. This isn’t a sign of evil intent on the part of the website owner (probably) — it is the result of a weakness in the protections of the host server.  In any case:  stay away.  And, if YOUR site gets this kind of treatment, Google’s Webmaster Tools will have flagged the offensive URLs so you can begin cleanup.