I understand your frustration, and I am completely sympathetic.
NFO, it's not just Google. It's a 3rd party clearinghouse watchdog thing. Even if one does not use Google or any other SE to find the site, the blacklist will appear in a browser/anti-virus/malware/etc. engine and the site will be blocked. That happens due to a valid reason, and it's your onus to repair, secure and de-tag the site. Google and/or Microsoft are not personally conspiring against you. There really is a valid and recent condition on your site that is causing the block.
I understand it's a PITA, but don't be so down on it - it is an effective, and unfortunately made-necessary, safety feature at-large on the modern web.
No need to name any names. Both old and new school connections appreciate namelessness. Let's honor that at every opportunity, and simply address the issues at hand.
That's incorrect. Your site most assuredly directly hosted something malicious last month of this year. I wish I could tell you what it was. If you'll read the output, it spells it out for you. I am not the site owner, so you are privy to far more information than I. If you need any assistance cleaning this up and blocking further exploits, I will be happy to help. I appreciate the fact that you have backups, and are willing to upload them. Please be sure the backups are not infected, and that the uninfected backup is *complete*. If only 1 file is either infected or overlooked, the blacklist will stand. But again, you should be able to view specific information pertaining to exactly what file(s) is/are infected, and how.
Again, it's not enough to simply clean it up. You must enact measures to prevent further exploits or you'll jump through all of these hoops just to end up on the blacklist again because your site truly is infected and harmful.
If the scum that did this to you the first time find the same security breech opportunity, they'll just do it again - and rest assured they'll be fast, expedient and automated and you'll be back to square 1.
Surely you do not want to expose your trusted and loyal visitors to any sort of hacker/spammer garbage, right?
Old school notwithstanding, we are all forced to jump through new-school hoops, and if one doesn't want their site blacklisted by modern security measures (another discussion), these are the hoops through which one must jump.
Again, you have my utmost sympathies. Been there, done that, and even if you know Bill Gates personally, it won't help in this situation.
<soapbox>And &*%$ site hackers. We should blacklist them all, and if everyone jumped through THOSE hoops then we wouldn't be having this discussion. THEY are the reason for our problems, and no hoop jumping or extra security measures would be necessary without that scum. And chances are they are NOT American (or UK, Canadian or Australian) which gives me every good reason to hate BACK! And every good 1st World Country citizen should do their part to protect their piece of the internet against 3rd world hacker scum, and support others who are working toward that goal. And hate Microsoft all you want as well, but do remember that without them you'd have to configure your own software to call my dial-up BBS in the US to have this discussion, which wouldn't even be necessary because you wouldn't have had a website to offer in the first place.
And I happen to be not only American, but the first female Sysop that I know of EVER, and one of the first 10,000 people on this planet to push FidoNet email around the globe.
So, you're sitting there telling me about why "people Hate Americans" (including me, since I am one) because you've let your website become a host to hacker scum garbage and we're just trying to point it out, protect your visitors, and help you fix it? Tell me - am I wasting my time here?! Need friends? Or do you think you're fine just the way things are? Pick. I'll be happy to back off, sack the site support and vote to pull the troops.
With that hateful and unappreciative attitude you've shown me, I'm fine either way at this point - with *everything*. Pick.</soapbox>
So, thanks for the hoop jumping. I hope you get it cleaned up and blocked from further attacks (both the site and the country)
Again, if you need any assistance (with anything), let me know. Happy to help (unless you hate me and rather I didn't, at which point I'll be happy to leave you on your own).
Our paths crossed in this world because we love the same game. I came in here with respect for you.
Pam