Speedtest.net not accessible in Chrome due to deceptive ads

Wed Jul 20 14:32:43 UTC 2016

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On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Janusz Jezowicz <janusz at speedchecker.xyz>
wrote:

> 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
> >
>