OK, gang, I searched the archives for "badware" and got no hits. If I
missed an earlier thread somehow, my bad. ;-)

The scoop: I have a client whose site -- not designed by me,
thankfully -- was blacklisted by Google as "badware" and he has no
clue why. He's checked the guidelines at http://www.stopbadware.org/
home/guidelines and come up empty. He's dropped background audio that
was originally set to autoplay and he's deleted any/all downloadable
files. In a panic, he's since pulled everything and just has a
welcome mat page up 'til he sorts things out.

Since it's a video production site, my first thought might be
RealPlayer [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/01/
realplayer_105_and_11_labeled_1.html#], or maybe even QT since it
likes to automatically install iTunes on the PC if not present, but
he says no. Since I've never run into this personally, my only
suggestion beyond pulling suspect files was to contact Google
directly to see if they could point out exactly what the problem is.
He certainly doesn't need this black mark hanging over a new business!

Any suggestions for addressing the dreaded "This site may harm your
computer" scarlet letter? [http://www.google.com/support/bin/
answer.py?
answer=45449&topic=360&hl=en&sa=X&oi=malwarewarninglink&resnum=1&ct=help
]

Thanks,
Bill

P.S. In doing some research on this, I found it ironic that Google
itself appears to be a major offender:
http://www.geek.com/google-makes-top-5-for-hosting-badware-20080626/

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