Google had to block TwitPic temporarily

Andre Yoskowitz
30 Dec 2012 21:55

Earlier today, Google was forced to block TwitPic temporarily, causing issues for Twitter fans who were using Chrome to try to access some of their favorite tweets (with pictures).
As of writing, the block has been removed and users will no longer be prompted by a scary malware warning when trying to access Twitter from their browser.

TwitPic was quick to let users that the issue was a false positive:

Working to fix the google chrome malware notice when visiting Twitpic.com as this is not true or the case, trying to contact google

-- TwitPic (@TwitPic) December 30, 2012



At the time, this is what you were prompted with when heading to TwitPic (via TheNextWeb):

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