Why is my website giving a "The site ahead contains harmful programs" error?
This is a warning from Chrome:
Google Chrome warns you if the site you're trying to visit is suspected of phishing or malware, using Google’s Safe Browsing technology. Phishing & malware alerts.
You site has been infected with "Phishing" software.
So what are the harmful programs or URLs?
You can analyse the page with Redleg's File Viewer.
Analysing your page returns the following results:
Note! It looks like your domain is currently flagged by Google. You can verify the current status by checking the Diagnostic Page. If your site is flagged once you clean it up you must request a malware review to have the warning removed.
Suspicious URLs found in:
http://hints.steptoinstall.com/php-current-year-for-copyright-footer.html
- http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=663232&bid=1653778
- http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=663232&bid=1655600
Note: The URL(s) listed above have been found in the page you are
checking. While the URL(s) are not currently flagged as suspicious by
Google they have returned malicious content, unwanted software, and/or
caused problems recently and should be investigated. Do they belong in
your page?
Diagnostic page for hints.steptoinstall.com
What is the current listing status for hints.steptoinstall.com?
- Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 10 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 9 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed
without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on
2015-07-21, and the last time suspicious content was found on this
site was on 2015-07-21.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS26496 (26496-GO-DADDY-COM-LLC).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further
distribution of malware?
- Over the past 90 days, hints.steptoinstall.com 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.
Source Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for hints.steptoinstall.com
What is Redleg's File Viewer?
Free online tool to scan a website for malware, malicious redirects, malicious scripts and other bad stuff.
Phishing & malware alerts
Google Chrome warns you if the site you're trying to visit is
suspected of phishing or malware, using Google’s Safe Browsing
technology. Phishing & malware alerts
When phishing and malware detection is turned on you may see the
following messages:
- The Website Ahead Contains Malware! - The site you're trying to visit may install malware on your computer.
- Danger: Malware Ahead! - The web page you're trying to visit may have malware.
- Reported Phishing Website Ahead! - The site you’re trying to visit is suspected of being a phishing site.
- The site ahead contains harmful programs - The site you're trying to visit may try to trick you into installing programs that harm your
browsing experience.
Turn off phishing & malware warnings The following steps will turn of
phishing and malware warnings, as well as download warnings.
- In the top-right corner of the browser window, click the Chrome menu Chrome menu.
- Select Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- Under "Privacy," uncheck the box "Enable phishing and malware protection."
Source Phishing & malware alerts