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ausar
Member # 1797
 - posted
I guess it was bound to happen
as we seek to raise the level
of competency for a website
forum dedicated to scientific
investigation into Egyptology
African Studies and related
disciplines.

I got this using FIREFOX browser
to access any lead page of
EgyptSearch.

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Don't know if it's benign and
due to something the owner has
installed or done by an agency
to tab 'militants' (militant is
the opposite of ignorant) but in
any case I thought all should be
aware.

Once back in 2005 EgyptSearch was
totally hacked and effectively it
was shutdown prompting creation of
the NileValley site (the real one
not others who've co-opted the name.

~ Ardo ~
 
tropicals redacted
Member # 21621
 - posted
Yes, I got a similar warning.
 
zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova
Member # 15718
 - posted
Got it too, and looks like someone trying to "taint" the site,
so people don;t access it. But they are wasting their time. It's much
too late in the game for such laughable idiocy. The data
is already out and being built up every day. People no
longer need Wikipedia- all the "stealth edits", edit
"wars" or page "guarding" is irrelevant. Nor do people
need old line gatekeepers and "spin" merchants like Natl Geographic.
ES stuff typically appears early in Google searches-
full referenced and cited so people can do their own research
and confirmation. Then there are cross referenced
sites where that data is mirrored, and various poster
sally forth to other forums to hit all comers hard,
using that database. The info ain't going anywhere.


This little ploy still fails and will continue to fail.
At the same time though, people should start saving
everything that catches their fancy and start cross-posting
pieces in full or excerpts to other sites, so that the number
of mirrors expands. The more the merrier. Save and cross-post,
repeat..

What the mods need to to though is to contact Google
and report this as a malicious hack or false report.
Some other organizations have had similar problems
as shown below.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/dfKMSqC5Sps

The procedure is to request a review.- Quote:

"If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google's Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.'


Also go through the procedure listed below as well
at stopbadware/org.

https://www.stopbadware.org/firefox?hl=en-US&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.egyptsearch.com%2Fforums%2Fultimatebb.cgi


It is obvious that ES enemies and detractors want
desperately to stop the flow of data. This ploy
can be overcome. If the site has been hacked the
procedure above applies as well. here is some text:

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How do I know if my site is infected?

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Next steps

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I'm blacklisted by Google
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https://www.stopbadware.org/my-site-has-badware
 
Tukuler
Member # 19944
 - posted
GOOGLE's msg about our site

ok follow this link

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi&hl=en


only 4 pages are infected
but they don't say which
ones

i suspect the "ad" forums
like LIVING IN EGYPT and
the poster tag JOVA

I have no ban power nor
am I deleting JOVA's
post (not risking my
'chine).

Suggest everybody hit
the CONTACT link to
Sami and hope JOVA
isn't one of his
operatives.

Hey Samy! can't make
money off of a GOOGLE
barred website!!!!
 
Habsburg
Member # 21824
 - posted
When is this going to be fixed? Who is the site administrator and why hasn't he or she fixed it?

It doesn't create a good impression. It is a week since this message appeared.
 
ausar
Member # 1797
 - posted
I only visit here now
using an old laptop I
don't care about and
only for mod purposes.

I don't advise anyone
risking their property
by visiting this site.

Just migrate to ESR
unless or until this
site's owner fixes it.

Try writing him by
clicking CONTACT
and then clicking
CONTACT again on
that page.
 
mena7
Member # 20555
 - posted
I receive the same virus warning using Google when I was trying to enter EGSF. When I use Yahoo I don't get any warning and I can enter the site. The protest against white people playing the role of black Egyptian people in the movie Exodus have show that many Black, White, Latino and Asian people have been educated by EGSF and other website that the Ancient Egyptian were black African people.
 



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