Try hitting up The Pirate Bay to look for torrents with Chrome or Firefox and you’ll most likely see a malware warning message.
VentureBeat spotted the issue, which appears to affect only torrent search result pages – that means the entire domain hasn’t been blocked.
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It’s possible that the site is hosting an ad network that’s running malicious ads. I tried a few searches and noticed that the warning appeared only in certain instances on result pages.
Still, that was enough to raise a flag with Google’s Safe Browsing service, which powers security features for both aforementioned browsers.
If an ad network is to blame, it’s likely that The Pirate Bay will find and remove it. VentureBeat notes that it could still take several days after the fix for Google’s Safe Browsing service to acknowledge the resolution and unlock the site for users. If you trust The Pirate Bay, you can still visit these blocked pages by clicking ‘Details’ on the malware warning and proceeding to the site.
Via Engadget
Google blocks The Pirate Bay in Chrome and Firefox over ‘harmful programs’ on VentureBeat
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