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Answered IE 9 Security Warning for Pages that Reference Amazon AWS?

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      Monday, January 23, 2012 9:32 PM
       
       
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      There is a report here that IE was flagging Dropbox as an unsafe site this morning:

      http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=52107

      I also saw this error on a partner's site, and we too found that removing references to Amazon AWS fixed the issue:

      "This website has been reported as unsafe. We recommend that you do not continue to this website."

      Was there an issue with sites that reference Amazon AWS being marked as unsafe? Has it been fixed? Can I confidently restore those references on the partner's site? They are very sensitive to this issue impacting sales.

      Thank you,

      Jenn Lin

       

       

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    • Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:49 PM
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      Hi.

      I cannot currently reproduce a warning on the site. If you do see a block in future, the best way and most expedient way to get any potential false positive reviewed is by reporting it to Microsoft via the built-in, online reporting tool within Internet Explorer as the site owner. This option is available when the SmartScreen warning is displayed. Reporting as the site owner triggers a reply from SmartScreen support which includes a ticket number for reference. - You'll find more detail here:

      http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/SmartScreen-Filter-Information-for-administrators-and-website-owners
      Mark Feetham Senior Program Manager Internet Explorer Product Quality
       
    • Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:36 PM
       
       
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      Hello Mark,

      Thank you for the prompt reply, but unfortunately this does not solve our issue. I am not a site owner, I cannot do this for all of our customers. I work for Get Satisfaction, which provides tools for partner or customer websites.

      Here is our latest report:

      From http://wwf.panda.org/

      Content on this website has been reported as unsafe 
      s3.amazonaws.com 
      Hosted by: wwf.panda.org 
      We recommend that you do not continue to this website. [image: Recommended 
      icon] Go to my home page instead This website has been reported to 
      Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal 
      personal or financial information. 
      [image: More information]More information 
      This website has been reported to contain the following threats: 

      - Malicious software threat: This site contains links to viruses or 
      other software programs that can reveal personal information stored or 
      typed on your computer to malicious persons.

      Learn more about phishing Learn more about malicious software Report that 
      this site does not contain threats [image: Not recommended icon] Disregard 
      and continue (not recommended) <http://wwf.panda.org/>

       

      This message implies that s3.amazonaws.com is an unsafe site. Is that the claim IE is making?

      I am willing to hop on a phone call or virtual meeting if that will expedite resolution.

      Jenn

       
    • Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:34 AM
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      Hi,

      I tried the link you posted above, but it redirects to http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ and Smartfilter hasnot reported any threat in the website.

      Please check it again.

      Also, you could submit your feedback to our Product Feedback Team : http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%20%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195

      Juke Chou

      TechNet Community Support