PhoneArena is perfectly safe to browse

2. Deaconclgi posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:14 3 1

Phonearena, what AD service does the site use?

3. cripton805 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:16 8 11

It took Google for you guys to figure it out?
How long was this up for?

4. remixfa posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:17 1 1

this is why you get boosters for your vaccines.. to keep infections down. lol :)

5. rusticguy posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:21 5 0

I had shot them email with screenshot :)

6. andrews317 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:22 10 0

I saw that message but ignored it because I'm on ubuntu.

7. -SEUL8TR- posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:27 6 0

So what was the virus, and what would EV went wrong, or what kind of malware was it, no wonder Lookout premium detected saying unsafe, I thought wtf, PA unsafe......?

8. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:30 2 2

Wow THANK YOU PA! im currently using IE because of that message but will try chrome again soon.......So once again thanks for bein conscious about the situation :)

9. CivicSi89 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:31 3 1

"Caution. This website is trying to install Malware or contains Malware. Are you sure you want to continue?" is what i keep getting.

11. rusticguy posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:34 1 1

Yes sometimes it takes ages to stop that message. We've seen this happen when sites were compromised thru FTP due to malaware/virus on m/c accessingftp. PA will see a great drop in traffic.

13. easymomo posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:37 2 1

Thanks guys, I was reading the news with Google Reader because I couldn't open the site with Chrome. Now I'm using Firefox.

14. chrisbo5 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:39 2 1

it is flu season you know lol

16. AhmadAlsayegh posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:52 4 1

adblock anyone?

17. -SEUL8TR- posted on 15 Jan 2013, 13:53 0 1

Try these websites, stock888cn 17ebook, gncrorg, yt118.com

19. sprockkets posted on 15 Jan 2013, 14:27 1 1

Per Google:

"What is the current listing status for phonearena.com?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 2624 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 28 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2013-01-15, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2013-01-15.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including adsbyisocket.com/.

This site was hosted on 3 network(s) including AS4436 (AS), AS22576 (LAYER3), AS15169 (Google Internet Backbone).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, phonearena.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."

20. BadAssAbe posted on 15 Jan 2013, 14:29 0 1

Keep those full page pop out off PA and I'll be happy.
Its my tablet weakness

21. Fallin posted on 15 Jan 2013, 14:42 0 1

Looks like you got my email about it. Thanks for fixing it. Keep bringing my tech news. Thanks.

22. timtimity posted on 15 Jan 2013, 14:43 0 1

Thanks for the update PA. I'm reading this on my iPad but was slightly taken back when Chrome flashed up with a warning message on my PC.

23. JGuinan007 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 14:43 0 1

So is there a fix for the virus you gave me?

25. andro. posted on 15 Jan 2013, 15:01 0 1

Can't access on a laptop anymore :-(

28. Basharhd99 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 15:34 0 1

uhhhhhh such a relief

29. nasznjoka posted on 15 Jan 2013, 16:08 0 1

but i just received that warning right now and I had to choose "continue at your own risk" and I clicked yes

30. naptown2 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 16:15 0 1

thanks

31. aco96 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 16:25 0 1

I have no problems with PA website - Internet Explorer 10

32. Not_Amused321 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 16:38 0 0

My browser wouldn't let me go onto this site just recently. Said there where malware on the site and I had to continue to site "at my own risk".

33. shnibz posted on 15 Jan 2013, 17:04 0 0

Thanks dudes

34. InspectorGadget80 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 17:05 0 0

damn when i went on here it says UNSAFE on my FIRE FOX waited few hours same time. did u guys have like a MALWARE attack or something?

38. RohanM posted on 15 Jan 2013, 18:44 0 0

lol lol lol,
I am following/reading PA for more than a year now, but never register.
today thought to register so i can comment...and bang my crome shows this site can harm, i had a big laugh.... finally issue resolved... good. :-)

39. MartyK posted on 15 Jan 2013, 19:28 0 0

PA, really really needs to thank Google for finding PA issues!

40. Edmund posted on 15 Jan 2013, 19:37 0 0

Adblock seems to be working fine ;)

41. 1ceTr0n posted on 15 Jan 2013, 19:48 0 0

I wondering what in the hell happened when Firefox basically told me to abandon ship, every man for himself earlier today trying to get on

43. speckledapple posted on 15 Jan 2013, 20:15 1 0

I love this site. Keep it safe.

44. yt6nin posted on 15 Jan 2013, 20:55 0 0

So that's why Firefox and Chrome have both warned me that Phonearena was unsafe and tried to prevent me from accessing the website earlier. Thank you for removing that malware advertisement and the website being functional again!!! I absolutely love and need this site for any cellphone and other technology news! It's all (mostly) here, organized and together.

45. networkdood posted on 15 Jan 2013, 20:55 0 0

Well, just the same you have many cookies on here that try to attempt to spam my email:
Google Adsense Blocked here
Vibrant Ads Blocked here
BlueKai Blocked here
Google Analytics Blocked here
NetShelter Blocked here
Quantcast Blocked here
Doubleclick Blocked here
Turn Blocked here
Invite Media Blocked here
MediaMath Blocked here
AdNexus Blocked here
Media Innovation Group Blocked here
Collective Media Blocked here

46. vvelez5 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 22:27 0 0

You should also make a mobile friendly site too. The annoying advertisement in the beginning is annoying

47. ray77 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 22:31 2 0

finale l got my favorite site again thank u phone arena ^-^

48. reyenrique posted on 15 Jan 2013, 22:34 2 0

uraaa back again thank you PA love ur site (((:

49. toyboyz posted on 15 Jan 2013, 22:37 1 0

Dam Malware! Almost missed my daily dose of phonearena:)

50. wildcard posted on 15 Jan 2013, 22:40 4 0

Wow back to business PA great to have u back love ur site better than Cnet :))

51. ramonleonjr62 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 22:50 2 0

awesome great to see my favorite site back again great job pa love ur site and keep it safe, we need u guys ^-*

52. ilia1986 posted on 15 Jan 2013, 23:23 0 0

The malware was probably all these apple articles.. oh wait - these are still here.

Anyway - gj for taking the steps timely to ensure that the site is up.