Getting a Google malware warning about this (iPhoneDevSDK) site

KarlJay · 11-16-2011, 10:01 PM

For the last few days, I was getting a warning from Google about malware about this site.

I stayed away, as I don't have malware protection. I did some looking around and it seem it's happened before.

Are these Google malware warnings something to be concerned about?

BTW, it just stopped giving me the warning today, and I know at least one other person that got the same warning on his system.

shimmy · 11-16-2011, 10:03 PM

Yes, I was getting the same warning. What gives??

mediaspree · 11-16-2011, 10:20 PM

It happend to me at the beginning of the week as well. It was Really annoying as all the answers I was searching for on google led me to this site and its malware warning!

KarlJay · 11-17-2011, 12:38 AM

The best I could gather was that it was somehow related to code being put on the site that would allow loading of malware onto your computer. I gather that it can be fixed with updates and might be attached to the ads that appear on the site.

I didn't see any messages from the admins about this, I guess it was just quietly taken care of (I hope).

I like this site better than MacRummors because it has more indepth Q&A for IOS devs.

Meredi86 · 11-17-2011, 07:27 AM

Im still getting the issue, browsing using top sites in safari - bit of a pain as its keeping me away from the site at the moment.

samurle · 11-17-2011, 03:28 PM

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but these webpages have many HTML errors.
Just type www.iphonedevsdk.com weblink into http://validator.w3.org.

Touchmint · 11-17-2011, 04:55 PM

Yea both firefox/avg plugin and google are giving me warnings =/

samurle · 11-17-2011, 06:34 PM

If this website has been hacked or compromised in some way, then I would certainly
like to know if my login details are still safe.

poisenden · 11-17-2011, 08:09 PM

I would change my passwords just in case. I think it might do it soon.

I think the Admins are trying to patch it up each time it comes out. The malware warning has been on and off for a couple days with me.

samurle · 11-18-2011, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by poisenden

I would change my passwords just in case. I think it might do it soon.

I think the Admins are trying to patch it up each time it comes out. The malware warning has been on and off for a couple days with me.

It must have happened recently, because I don't think Google would put out a false alarm
on a website. Sites with bulletin boards can be exceptionally vulernable once an exploit gets out.

Hopefully, they fixed it, because I don't see any strange traffic when visiting this site.