For some time now, Google has scanned web sites for potentially malicious software that can download and install itself on a web site visitor’s computer simply by viewing a page. If Google detects a potential threat, it displays a warning message when a user clicks a result link (you can see an example of this warning message by clicking this link).

Matt Cutts says that a number of people have protested that their sites are getting improperly flagged by this malware warning. He writes:

“I’ve checked out a quite a few “we don’t have any malware

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