Speedtest.net not accessible in Chrome due to deceptive ads

Wed Jul 20 12:55:31 UTC 2016

It seems that some users reporting the site is back. I am counting 6+ hours
of outage.

Alan - what you describe is something normal user will never do. When user
sees red screen like that, he runs screaming. So in theory yes, it was
accessible, but ... wasn't.

Its hard to avoid Google nanny when they offer so many useful services

On 20 July 2016 at 14:09, <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > Since this morning Speedtest.net is not accessible in Chrome
> > Reason:
> >
> https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/diagnostic/#url=c.speedtest.net
>
> someones complained about the URL based on them stupidly installing
> 'cleanmymac' or such?
>
> use the non flash junk HTML5 version instead
>
> http://beta.speedtest.net/
>
> still bleats about "Deceptive site ahead"
>
> and PS "is not accessible in Chrome" - not true.
>
> click DETAILS,  then click on
>
> visit this unsafe site.
>
> (with the pre-condition of " if you understand the risks to your security"
>
>
> I personally dont want or need Google to start being my nanny on the
> internet  :/
>
>
> alan
>
> PS you may have other interests involved here given your affiliation to
> speedchecker.xyz
>