This message appears on a website if it is considered an attack site. This listing can affect the site both from the visitors’ and search engines’ point of view.
Why is my site reported as an attack site?
There are several reasons why a website can be considered as an attack website:
- The site hosts or distributes Malware. If the Site’s sources contain Malware, it may turn the Site into an attack site without the Site Administrator’s approval.
- The site is phishing. Phishing or spoofing is a type of attack that consists of obtaining personal or financial information to be used for a purpose other than that stated by the site. It usually uses the method of cloning another site to obtain personal information or various user accounts. The information is not transmitted to the original site but is used to access your accounts or to obtain the information you want.
- The site shares the IP with other sites considered suspicious. In this case there is a possibility of being considered an attack site.
How can you get rid of this label?
The first step is to establish why the site is considered an attack site. The next step is to remove those elements that make it an attack site. If you are sure that you have removed all the elements that made the site a suspected attack site, you can make a request for the search engines to examine it and remove it from the list of suspicious sites.
How can you get rid of malware?
The easiest way to remove infected sources is to use specialised anti-malware software. This software also includes anti-virus, anti-spyware solutions, detecting and removing malware. You can also use software that can be run by specialised websites to analyse the sources of the site.
Learn more about this topic in the article Malware infection.
Protection recommendations
The protection recommendations are primarily aimed at how to work with the site sources, accessing them from safe working environments that do not present a risk of malware infection. It is recommended that when working with site sources, anti-malware software is installed on the workstation. It is also recommended to keep back-ups of different versions of the website, in order to be able to revert to a version that has not been affected by malware. It is recommended that on the workstation used to work with the site sources you do not open and download email attachments from unknown persons, and that automatic updates are not allowed.
Learn more about this topic in the article Malware infection.
If you want to find out more information or want to avoid such incidents, you can call an SEO agency to help you.