I know everyone is saying that GR is fine and I accept that BUT...
I have virus checkers and firewalls coming out of my ears.... I got a blocked trojan message from my virus checker when all I had done was reply to a GR message. I didn't log onto the site or access an ad ro anything - I just responded to the email that said I had a message - it loaded it in GR - I replied to it and BANG - blocked Trojan....
I did, of course, scan my system afterwards and run all the malware-checking software such as MalwareBytes etc and there was nothing on my PC. I would have been staggered if there had been anything on my PC , given the way I run it.
So - what raised the Trojan message? It wasn't anything lurking on my PC and nothing else apart from GR raises the error. I'm not sure how people can be as confident as they are that there's nothing amiss on the GR site
Regards
Angela
Out of interest, what virus checker and firewall are you using ?
Some anti-virus programs throw up "false positives". At one time, AVG was well known for this, and MacAffee has had its moments too. The mark of a good AV program isn't limited to how effective it is at finding malware, it's also about how effective it is at ignoring false-triggers, and how much strain it puts on the computer whilst doing it.
We know that the site isn't responsible, because similar things are being seen on other unrelated sites, and since many of us (including myself) have visited the GR site and had no problems at all, and had no virus warnings, then I doubt whether the actual site is responsible. Web pages are very complex these days, with Flash, scripting and IFrames, etc, and it's quite easy for scammers and hackers to exploit these.