Eastern Regional Fisheries Board Website in good health.

[Ashley Hayden]

Hi all,

The Eastern Regional Fisheries Board website, www.fishingireland.net, is back in business. The server problems have been corrected.

Sea Angling Ireland members may be interested in the dedicated Bass angling section, and the updates page is also worth a look. Both can be easily accessed off the home page.

If new to fishing, or trying a new area or branch of the sport, why not consider hiring a guide. Check out http://www.fishingireland.net/fishing/guides.htm.

Regards,

Ashley

[MikeQ]

What is the current listing status for fishingireland.net?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 3 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-05-09, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-05-09.

Malicious software includes 2 scripting exploit(s).

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including scan4mini.info/.

3 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including goscankey.com/, googleanalytlcs.net/, beladen.net/.

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS21844 (THEPLANET).

dunno what the craic is with this, not visiting the site till i get confirmation!!!

[yappo]

Same here mate.
Ashley this is message I get from my anti virus software.

This web site at www.fishingireland.net has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.


Over to you important that this is investigated as a lot of visitors will want to check it out so not good publicity.

Yappo

[Dave]

I'm having the same problem, it seems to be an issue with the sites status on Google, I believe you can request a review through Google's Webmaster Tools but its not something I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with.

[Ashley Hayden]

I repeat there are no issues with the ERFB site www.fishingireland.net and it is safe to visit. If anybody reading this message still has concerns please contact me rather than posting incorrect information on this site.

Regards,

Ashley Hayden

Marketing Coordinator, Eastern Regional Fisheries Board.
15A Main Street
Blackrock
Co. Dublin
Tel: 01 278 7022 Mobile: 087 274 6127
Email: ashley.hayden@erfb.ie
Web: www.fishingireland.net

[JimC]

Ashley,
The site may be fine but as the lads have pointed out Google is still saying there is a problem.

If you do a Google search you get the following message:

Eastern Regional Fisheries Board
This site may harm your computer.
The Eastern Regional Fisheries offer the best fishing in Ireland for anglers at all levels. Located in the scenic east of Ireland, within our fishery area's ...
http://www.fishingireland.net/ - Similar pages

[The Austrian]

@ Dave, yappo, MikeQ and anybody else facing this problem:

You you should empty the cache and clear the history in your browser as well as delete all temporary internet files stored on your system. These files are used by Internet Explorer and other web browsers to cache pages and other multimedia content, such as video and audio files, from websites visited by the user. This allows such websites to load more quickly the next time they are visited. Deleting them allows you to receive the new and updated ERFB site (http://www.fishingireland.net) without loading the cached files, which still might be present on your on your PC.

How do I empty cache folder in Internet Explorer 7.0 or 8.0?
• Select Tools -> Internet Options.
• Open 'General' tab and click 'Delete' button in 'Browsing history' area.
• Click 'Yes', and then click 'Close'.

How do I empty cache in Internet Explorer 6.x?
• Open 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'.
• Open 'General tab'.
• In 'Temporary Internet files' area click 'Delete Files' button.
• Click OK in 'Delete Files' dialog box to empty cache.

How do I empty cache in Firefox?
• Select 'Tools' -> 'Options'.
• Select 'Privacy'.
• In Private area click 'Clear Now'.
• In 'Clear Private Data' window put the check mark for 'Cache' and click 'Clear Private Data Now'.
• Click OK to empty cache.

How do I empty cache in AOL browser?
• Click Start, select Settings -> Control Panel.
• Double-click 'Internet Options'.
• Click 'Delete Files' and 'OK'.

How do I empty Safari cache?
To empty cache in Safari:
• Open the 'Edit' menu and select 'Empty Cache'.
• Click 'Empty' to confirm that you want to empty the cache.

How do I empty cache in Opera 9.0?
• Select Tools -> Preferences.
• Open the Advanced sub-categories and select "History".
• Select "Empty now" next to "Disk Cache" and "Memory Cache".
• Click OK.

How to empty cache in Netscape Navigator 9.X
• Open 'Tools' menu.
• Select 'Options'.
• Open the Privacy tab.
• Click 'Clear Now' under the Private Data section.
• Check 'Cache' and 'Clear Private Data Now'.
• Click OK.

How do I empty browser cache in Netscape browser 8.x
• Open the 'Tools' menu.
• Select 'Options'.
• Open the Privacy tab.
• Select 'Cache'.
• To empty cache folder click 'Clear' button.

To empty browser cache in Mozilla:
• Select 'Edit'.
• Select 'Preferences'.
• Open 'Advanced' sub-categories and select 'Cache'.
• Click 'Clear Cache' button to immediately clear the current contents of cache.
• Click OK.

Hope this helps.

[MikeQ]

Cleared my cache, cookies and everthing else but it has made no difference whatsoever. My security software is still flagging it.

[The Austrian]

Ashley,
The site may be fine but as the lads have pointed out Google is still saying there is a problem.

If you do a Google search you get the following message:

Eastern Regional Fisheries Board
This site may harm your computer.
The Eastern Regional Fisheries offer the best fishing in Ireland for anglers at all levels. Located in the scenic east of Ireland, within our fishery area's ...
http://www.fishingireland.net/ - Similar pages

I confirm that Jim, and it cannot be left at that, not in the interest of good business practice to say the least . and clearly not until Google runs a routine check on the site in another 90 days.

Ashley, you might have to request a malware review of the site from Google to get it cleared off its status of being dangerous.

I quote:
"Once you have reviewed your site and are sure it is clean, you can can submit a request for review. Note that you'll need to verify site ownership before you can request a site review."

you can do this from here: http://www.google.com/support/webmaster ... swer=45432

And well done to everyone who was alert in order to limit the damage

[Dave]

Ashley, I have no doubt that whatever problem you had has now been resolved however now the issue is not necessarily with the website and but rather the fact that it has been flagged by Google. With the browser I am using at least (Firefox 3), it is blocked for precisely that reason, and clearing cache and history wont resolve the problem. I think it is a security feature on that particular browser that blocks it, IE seems to open it and ironically so does Google's own browser. However as Jim has pointed out, if you search for the website through Google it is flagged and will be prevented from opening in all browsers as a result. As I suggested earlier, I believe you need to request a review from Google to remove this flagging and to finally resolve the problem. It certainly isn't the first time I've heard of well know and clearly legitimate safe sites having this irritating problem and I would hope that it is something that they can quickly resolve for you as I would imagine that it is very annoying.

[Ashley Hayden]

Thank you Dave and all the other contributors. I will contact google first thing.

Regards,

Ashley

[Ashley Hayden]

Hi,

After being requested to scan, www.fishingireland.net, for malware Google have removed the warning from the ERFB site. It is now safe to visit.

Regards,

Ashley

[yappo]

Nice one Ashley well done.

Yappo