Is squarespace.com Safe?

***** is a safe site; they are my web host to my site. They have excellent customer services that are quick to respond to your questions if you have them and help if you need that as well. I have been within their web hosting spectrum for the past two years now, and it hasn't been easy. It still isn't easy, but it's a sense of belonging to something, or somewhere, to feel included. Anyway, they have a 4.5 reputation and are considered safe by the algorithms of WoT, and my website is 4.7. They are good people there, and I plan on going another year if the Lord is willing. I believe I started my website in August 2019. Anyway, it's safe, no problems, other than what I might mess up on my site.

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/diagnostic/index.html#url=squarespace.com Google’s Safe Browsing Site Status Current status: Partially dangerous Some pages on squarespace.com contain harmful programs right now. Site Safety Details ***** Some pages on this website install malware on visitors' computers. ***** Attackers on this site might try to trick you into installing programs that harm your browsing experience (for example, by changing your homepage or showing extra ads on sites you visit). ***** Some pages on this website send visitors to the following dangerous websites: epperspipes.com, cityofskies.com, and goltayamorda.info. ***** Dangerous websites have been sending visitors to this website, including: tehnif.com, proactis.net, and nordtelekom.co.uk. ============================================ http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/us-en/website-safety-reports/domain/squarespace.com/ This website is likely to be safe, although an extremely small number of users have reported potential malware. Malware Found:2 Compromised Pages:20 List of Malware found on squarespace.com These are the top viruses found on this site by the percentage of total detections they caused during the last 30 days. 1 Exif-embedded PHP Backdoor 87 % 2 PHP/Small 12 % Last reported malware activity Apr 19, 2016 (1 days ago) Days with malware in last month 9 days (30% of total) Days with malware in last year 146 days (40% of total)

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It has ssl now: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ta/515c7b5ae4b0875140c3d94a/2673/scripts/combo/?rafscroll.js&mutation-observer.js&site.js This script helps out html5 webdeveloppers with images, scrolling, and layout functionality. It also provides some fonts & images.

As a hosting site it may be fine, but it allows it's sites to implement dangerous behaviour. Google Safe Browsing says: "Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for squarespace.com What is the current listing status for squarespace.com? Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 4 time(s) over the past 90 days. What happened when Google visited this site? Of the 17594 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2015-04-16, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on ***** Malicious software includes 18 exploit(s), 17 trojan(s), 9 virus. Malicious software is hosted on 3 domain(s), including streetsandyos.com/, dpphoto.ca/, ***** 1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including ***** Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware? Over the past 90 days, squarespace.com appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 1 site(s) including ***** Has this site hosted malware? Yes, this site has hosted malicious software over the past 90 days. It infected 3 domain(s), including playimmortallegacy.com/, slchardcore.com/, neoathome.com/." I wont touch while YOUR pole! Trust E seals and BBB seals mean absolutely nothing regarding the sites actual security, just the attempt at security, and mean nothing regarding the safety of a site.

There are a lot of useless "this site hosts my webpage" comments that have nothing to do with browser safety. Like Ajax Google APIs and S3 Amazon AWS, the overwhelming vast majority of pages are safe but these sites nevertheless regularly host and distribute malware so caution is warranted. For example, Google Safebrowsing Diagnostic gives: "...3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent... ...the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on ***** Malicious software includes 30 exploit(s), 24 trojan(s), 7 virus. Malicious software is hosted on 4 domain(s), including streetsandyos.com/, printingexplorer.com/, ***** 1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including ***** Over the past 90 days, squarespace.com appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 1 site(s) including ***** Yes, this site has hosted malicious software over the past 90 days. It infected 3 domain(s), including playimmortallegacy.com/, slchardcore.com/, neoathome.com/." Because of this, trust should cautiously be granted on a page-by-page basis only. I generally grant temporary permission when visiting known pages and revoke temporary permission when done.

The service may be good but it does not police its customers' content. http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=squarespace.com says: Of the 15950 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 8 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2015-02-16, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on ***** Malicious software includes 21 exploit(s), 18 trojan(s), 10 virus. Malicious software is hosted on 8 domain(s), including streetsandyos.com/, printingexplorer.com/, ***** 3 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including a2zessays.com/, kellysauer.com/, *****

- web host and site builder - some sites need it enabled @dremlap: it is true that some of its users abuse the services https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/squarespace.com/comment-83997753#comment-83997753 check this for actual data http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=squarespace.com @Pianosa: r u a bot or sg? :) maybe paid to spam wot? Is everything always OK? https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/squarespace.com/comment-77015645#comment-77015645

Google SafeBrowsing says, "... 8 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent." including "...2 scripting exploit(s), 2 trojan(s), 1 virus." "...squarespace.com appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 2 site(s)..." I'm going to mark it as Untrusted.

I'm a customer of Squarespace. During the recent Hurricane Sandy that saw much of lower Manhattan flooded Squarespace kept their customers online by manually carrying buckets of diesel up a staircase to the generator on the 17th floor. http://status.squarespace.com/post/34635765746/downtime-expected-due-to-sandy-tuesday-9-30am-et http://status.squarespace.com/post/34641247232/update-from-anthony-tuesday-12-47pm-et http://status.squarespace.com/post/34667013141/update-tuesday-7-39pm-et http://status.squarespace.com/post/35241499126/update-8-33pm-et As a result of these efforts all customer websites remained online and operational (mine included) without any downtime.