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The message I got upon connecting to this site:

> Website Access Prohibited

> Malware Website Warning

> The website you are trying to access is known to host malware and poses a security risk to your computer and network. Please contact your IT help desk to review if you are impacted. If you think you are receiving this message in error, please contact your IT help desk.

I guess you should know your website is seen as a malware vector.



Some anti-malware vendors apply this classification to the whole .cc domain.


What did the Cocos Islands do to deserve that? They don't seem to be a den of villainy and cybercrime.


I see. That might be what's happened, then.


Name and shame the anti-malware vendor you/your company is using, so that I will avoid them.


I don't know for sure, but I can tell you that this isn't a company, but a university, and based on a press release from a couple years ago, I'm pretty sure they use OnSystem Defender. This might not be their fault, though; it might be that the school itself blocked all .cc domains using their own firewall rules.




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