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If searching for your website in Google results in a “This Site May Harm Your Computer” virus, there are several ways to get rid of the message and make sure that your site is once again safe for Google and other searchers to visit.
On the other hand, if you’re getting “Warning – Visiting This Site May Harm Your Computer” popup window or message in Internet Explorer itself – this is neither Google nor Internet Explorer-related.
It’s a link to what is generally a product that masquerades as antivirus software but is actually designed to infect your computer with malware. Here is more information on this fake antivirus warning.
Most often, sites that display the warning have either been hacked themselves or they’re serving content from another site (like an ad network) that has been hacked.
There are at least 20 possible ways a website can trigger the “This Site May Harm Your Computer” warning – but each one can be treated and your site’s reputation can be restored in Google after just a couple of days.
For more information on how to get rid of “This Site May Harm Your Computer” from your website, there is a comprehensive guide as well as software to help available at:
25 Years of Programming: How to Remove ‘This Site May Harm Your Computer’ Warning – Step by Step
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