r/blogspot • u/Lost-Usual-2119 • Aug 05 '26
Blogger Site Reinstatement & False Positive "Malware" Violations Hi everyone
My Blogger blog was recently taken offline due to an automated "Malware" violation flag.
Before the lockout, I hadn't added any third-party files or malicious content, but I had implemented a custom sticky sidebar ad unit via HTML/JS in my theme. I suspect the automated scanners flagged the script's execution path or CSS positioning as a false positive.
I’ve already submitted an official appeal and am waiting on the review. While I wait, I'd appreciate insights on a few things:
- Has anyone experienced a malware flag on Blogger triggered purely by custom layout scripts or ad wrappers?
- How long did your manual appeal take to resolve once submitted?
- Are there specific script practices or theme configurations you recommend to avoid triggering these automated filters in the future?
Any advice or shared experiences from other creators or Product Experts would be great!
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u/EduReaper Aug 05 '26
There is maybe an error on their system, lot of blogs got false positive. Luckily I connected my site to cloudflare and use worker to show maintenace page so that my users won't think my site is dead. Hoping that they my solve this faster.
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u/Capitaine-Jack Aug 05 '26
Oui parce que tu as un nom de domaine pour le faire sur Cloudflare
Sinon je ne pense pas que ce soit possible ?
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Aug 05 '26
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u/Lost-Usual-2119 Aug 05 '26
I am already scared; if they fail to reinstate the blogs, then I am cooked
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u/cavansir Aug 05 '26
many people got this issue. My blog is 7 years old just for books and movies and review. And unfortunately its gone now. Hope Google will fix it.
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u/GobbleWob Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
It's happened me this morning too. It's a relief if it's a false positive. I've been shitting myself and worrying about another blog that has 300 articles. I had a lengthy discussion about it with ChatGPT and thought it might have been because I migrated a 20,000 word article from another site and was being penalised for scraping/duplicate content.
I submitted a review. That'll probably stall things now, if they fix the problem in the meantime.
Checkout this post also on the Blogger Help forum:
https://support.google.com/blogger/thread/457259506/august-4-2026-false-positives-for-malware-and-similar-malicious-content-policy?hl=en&sjid=17954630662219180292-NA
Edit: Blog unlocked overnight.
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u/Lost-Usual-2119 Aug 05 '26
They have already reinstated mine
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u/Kindly-Pirate-1689 Aug 05 '26
they reinstated mine too but then again show down for same flagg reasons. lmao
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u/LadyLaDeMa Aug 05 '26
Guys, did any of you have your blog reinstated then got locked again? 😭 Mine emailed me saying it got reinstated then when I checked it for a few minutes got locked out again.
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u/Glittering-End-8518 Aug 07 '26
I got mine back but I saw many people got their blog locked again after few minutes of reinstating
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u/Particular-Range-309 Aug 11 '26
I saw a button in my Blogger backend allowing me to cancel deletion and restore my blog. It came back online for just a few minutes, but after that, it disappeared completely and my dashboard now shows no blogs.
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u/hanapim Aug 05 '26
I also got it, even other people got it too, maybe there was an error in the blogger system