Enworld.org flagged as malicious site by Google


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Just got this when going to EnWorld.org:

Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for enworld.org wrote:

What is the current listing status for enworld.org?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 5 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 86 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 71 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-01-21, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-01-21.

Malicious software includes 6 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 1 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 3 domain(s), including rldzzlfl.co.cc/, cuorcuyg.co.cc/, epvkobxb.co.cc/.

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including rldzzlfl.co.cc/.

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS30221 (T3COM).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, enworld.org 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.

Gonna try to report it to the Enworld folks too. Just wanted to mention it to folks.

Edit #1: Oddly, even though that is a "Google Safe Sites" warning, I don't get it when I visit EnWorld in Chrome, only in Firefox. Further, when I choose to ignore the warning in FF, it renders the page as if there is no style sheet for it. Odd.

Edit #2: Ok, now Chrome is giving the following warning:

Chrome wrote:

Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!

The website at www.enworld.org appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that hosts malware can infect your computer.
For detailed information about the problems with this site, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for www.enworld.org.
Learn more about how to protect yourself from harmful software online.
I understand that visiting this site may harm my computer.

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