Google Warns: Avoid Playbill.com

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A popular theater website is being blocked by Google with a warning to users to avoid the site:

What is the current listing status for playbill.com?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 126 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 1 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-11-14, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-11-14.Malicious software includes 1 exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 4 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including

losssnaffle.org/

.

This site was hosted on 2 network(s) including

AS7784 (ATLANTECH)

,

AS16509 (AMAZON)

.

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, playbill.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.

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That was on Firefox. I tried it on Chrome and it worked fine, with no warning.

If I had kept reading on Playbill, I would have seen this:

 

A Notice to Playbill.com Readers

Playbill.com is currently clear of malware (malicious software); readers can click past any browser warnings to access the website.