JOSHSPEAR.COM
JoshSpear.com, known for scouring the globe for the next great thing, while reviewing design, art, fashion, music, and trends, has been reported as an attack site by Google. This was news to me, as I haven’t heard anything about it.
picture of Josh Spear, taken from JasonMarkk.com
As recently as today, June 27th 2008, there was suspicious content found by Google on JoshSpear.com.
I’ll admit I was just checking to see if RobHeppler.com, which is apparently owned by Josh Spear, still forwarded you to JoshSpear.com. Well, it does. Only this time I didn’t make it to Josh’s urban culture blog that has been going strong for so many years now.
pic courtesy of ilovePrison.com
Rob Heppler, widely known for his achievement of going to state prison, runs IlovePrison.com
While on the reported attack page, you can click “why was this site flagged as an attack site”. That brings you to the page above which reads….
Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for www.joshspear.com/
What is the current listing status for www.joshspear.com/?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 6 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 06/27/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 06/27/2008.
Malicious software includes 2 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 1 new processes on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including avwav.com.
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, www.joshspear.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.
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.
