Google AdWords have flagged my site as containing malware

Google AdWords have flagged my site as containing malware - If a page has internal and external outgoing links to redirecting URLs, it’s returning 3xx (301, 302, etc.) HTTP status codes standing for redirection. This issue means that the page does not exist on a permanent or temporary basis. It appears on most of the popular web browsers, usually caused by a misconfigured website. However, there are some steps you can take to ensure the issue isn’t on your side. You can find more details about redirecting URLs by reading the Google Search Central overview. In this article, we’ll go over how you can fix the Google AdWords have flagged my site as containing malware error on your web browser. Problem :

However, there Webmaster Tools does not - and never has. And we have never had a message via Webmaster Tools or Analytics that we have malware.

To quote Google:

[The Malware Team] have looked at the most recent scan and have
found that your site is not actually clean. You are using a redirect
on your landing page which is the site that is causing the problem.

And then I am advised to:

Check your site request logs to find the bad domain and resolve the issue.

What should I look for in my request logs, has anyone else experienced a similar situation?

Obviously as far as I am aware we have no malware, we had a couple of redirects in htaccess but they were not on landing/homepage and have were just normal redirects that have not caused a problem elsewhere (and are now removed). It's a WordPress site.

Solution :

Some time it happens that the website get infected by malicious activities and we are not aware of it. Try using some anti-malware scan utilities and find out malicious code that may be inserted on your website.

I had a client who faced the same problem and we found some <iframe> that was inserted by someone on his WordPress website. We removed that <iframe> and filed re-inclusion request in Google Webmaster Tool. It started working fine in 2 days.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the google-search-console, redirects, google-ads error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!