Is Canon India Website is Malicious ?
There is an interesting case that I want to share with you.
I am not sure if you guys are aware of it but last year researchers at Google released a paper at the Usenix conference titled “The Ghost in the Browser”.
The paper outlined research efforts at Google that spanned several months analyzing websites, their content, and the amount of malicious code discovered within the sites.
It was discovered that the URLs that Google generate as search results, a big number of those are malicious and it might harm the user’s computer. To keep its users away from such malicious URLs, Google start flagging these websites, by posting a warning sign; this site may harm your computer.
There is a big probability that if you are using Google search engine, you might have came across such scenario. There is a similar scenario that I came across and I would like to share it with you.
I read this on Suman kumar’s blog that Google has flagged Canon India website canon.co.in as potential malicious; Canon India’s Website is an Attack Site?
Google Search Result
I did a search for canon.co.in using Google, found out that it has been flagged as harmful and there is a warning against visiting it.
I ignore this warning, and click on the URL; it took me to another page explaining clearly that this site harmful and you can access it at your own risk but there is no way Google will let you in.
