Clicking links to Site Report from email results in being flagged by Google Safe Browsing
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Tom Binga
I received an automated email for a Site Report I have scheduled to be sent to me. Like usual I clicked "View report" and was met with a red screen being issued by Google Safe Browsing stating the link was "dangerous" (attachment #1). I then clicked "Details" and visited the "found harmful software" link and it brought me to Google's Transparent Report website that states that this link includes page(s) that "Install unwanted or malicious software on visitors’ computers". I'm assuming this isn't the actual case but wanted to bring to the WPE Team's attention.
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Rick Love
Hi Tom Binga. The engineers and I can't recreate this. Can you give us some more information about what you're experiencing?
- Does this happen with all report emails on your laptop/desktop or just some ?
- Could you send us the exact link that triggered the warning (just right click the link and send the url)?
- Are you on a VPN or other environment with enhanced security settings?
Please send it by email to me at rick.love@wpengine.com so you're not sharing anything sensitive here.
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Rick Love
Tom Binga thanks for highlighting this. We'll investigate why Google is flagging this. The site report itself is just a pdf file so it's unclear why they should be highlighting anything.