More than 600 High profile sites listed in Google malware blacklist

Google safe browsing is one of the most popular malware blacklist. While visiting an infected site , browser such as Firefox , chrome, safari displays malware warning based on the Google blacklist. The service is very helpful for internet users to stay secure. But, what happens when a legitimate site infected? It is nightmare for legitimate sites when they blacklisted. If Google display a warning message , it results in loss of traffic and reputation.

Zscaler researcher have scanned the top 1 million websites according to alexa rank. He found that more than 600 websites has been blacklisted by google.

The high profile site such as totalpad.com, creativebookmark.com,subtitleseeker.com, has been compromised to serve malicious contents.



According to the report, Most of the blacklisted sites are hosted in the US. Western Europe (especially Germany, France and the Netherlands) is number two, followed by China (8%).