Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Vendor blog GeekEstate gets Google malware warning

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Vendor blog Geekestate (operated by Zillow Inc.) is the latest in a series of blog sites that have fallen victim to hacks via ad servers that lead to Google’s vicious malicious malware warning.

We broke the story on Mashable’s ad server Eyewonder that impacted popular sites like icanhascheezburger.com and others. We cannot tell if the problem is an ad server or a sponsored vendor link on the site causing the Google malware warning, and it’s not the first time we’ve seen it on Geekestate, and unfortunately we take the warning seriously enough not to go snooping around.

You can get more from Google’s blog here on malicious warnings posted by Google. We are following up with Zillow.

Follow up: It appears that Zillow.com servers are operating normally, including the Zillow blog itself at this time, although we have not tested Mortgage Market Place or other parts of site.

Ben Rosales, Founder & Publisher
Ben Rosales, Founder & Publisherhttps://theamericangenius.com
Ben Rosales is the Founder and CEO of The American Genius (AG), national news network. Before AG, he founded one of the first digital media strategy firms in the nation has received the Statesman Texas Social Media Award and is an Inman Innovator Award winner. He has consulted for numerous startups (both early- and late-stage), and is well known for organizing the digital community through popular offline events. He does not venture into the spotlight often, rather he believes his biggest accomplishments are the talent he recruits and develops, so he gives all credit to those he's empowered.

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