Doesn’t anybody use anti-virus software anymore ..?? I have Norton .. and I never have any kind of issue while I’m in FR, and I never get malware or any other kind of bug.
Also, when I download ANY type of software .. I always unclick the place where it asks you if you want Google-this or Google-that. I don’t want any of the Google stuff.
this was not an “antivirus” issue
in Firefox I have “block reported attack sites” turned on
and tonight, twice, attempting to open links to two posts, Firefox sent me to another site from which my browser window contained a large framed message saying that the site I was attempted to link to was a reported “threatening” site
further detailed explained that the information delivering the warning came from Google
after a few attempts to get passed the “warnings”, I clinked on a link on the warning page that said to ignore the warning and proceed to the dangerous site anyway
my concern was never for myself, but that someone had possibly falsely delivered some info to Google, about FreeRepublic, which Google provided to browsers using the “block reported attack sites” feature
then again, it is always possible that somewhere in the thread of the two posts, there was some link to something that was added in a response and THAT link was to some site up to no good, and that is where the warning from Google originated.
just guessing