Shouldn't viruses/malware have a negative effect on a site's ranking?

[Liam Hamer]

The number 1 site in my main niche has a virus warning in the description - 'this site may harm your computer'. Sure enough, when I click on it, it sets off my Anti Virus software(Avira). This site is consistently the number 1 for it's keyword phrase, and this virus warning has been on there for the last couple of weeks. Yet it doesn't seem to bother Google I was under the impression Google penalized sites for this kind of thing? Compare this to my site, which is completely clean, everything done right, and it has just spent 8 days way down in the rankings due to the Google dance. I just can't figure the big G out But then, I don't think anyone can.

[kkchoon]

Give it another week, or report it to Google... should be taken off the SERP!

[Liam Hamer]

Originally Posted by kkchoon

Give it another week, or report it to Google... should be taken off the SERP!

I don't really know how exactly to go about it, but I'm tempted. In addition to the virus, I've had a detailed look through their backlinks with SEO Spyglass and they have a lot of links with pornographic anchor texts This is absolutely NOT a pornographic niche. I'm wondering if they've done an XRumer blast. Either way, when the day comes when I knock them off the top, I'll be very happy

[fortony]

If a warning is showing up on the SERP, then Google probably knows already. Remember that many sites get hacked and malware installed. My guess is that Google gives them a chance to clean up before dropping them.

[kkchoon]

Originally Posted by fortony

If a warning is showing up on the SERP, then Google probably knows already. Remember that many sites get hacked and malware installed. My guess is that Google gives them a chance to clean up before dropping them.

I doubt that, because Google always slap people without warning, and even you ask them why, they will not tell you!

Originally Posted by Liam Hamer

I don't really know how exactly to go about it, but I'm tempted. In addition to the virus, I've had a detailed look through their backlinks with SEO Spyglass and they have a lot of links with pornographic anchor texts This is absolutely NOT a pornographic niche. I'm wondering if they've done an XRumer blast. Either way, when the day comes when I knock them off the top, I'll be very happy

Many people think that bad neighborhood links don't work, apparently this is not entirely true !

I think they are doing something that Google missed, may be there are many authority links, redirected from legitimate site to this site, and causes it to rank on page 1 #1!

[TomBond]

Originally Posted by fortony

If a warning is showing up on the SERP, then Google probably knows already. Remember that many sites get hacked and malware installed. My guess is that Google gives them a chance to clean up before dropping them.

I'd agree with that. Google knows the types of virus that are common and the way they work - they couldn't just jump on every website that got hacked otherwise everyone would be hacking each other!!

[kkchoon]

I believe that site will eventually gone, in a week or 2

[turbohips]

My site got hacked a few months back and only showed a warning when clicking on the link. Once I fixed the problem file that was hidden on my server I requested for Google to remove the warning. My rankings remained the same through out the 2 month ordeal.