Website signaled as containing malware

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Published on 2012-12-05T23:51:13Z Indexed on 2012/12/07 5:22 UTC
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I've got a nasty problem with one of our websites. It has been signaled to us by Google and other agencies that it contains malware. We weren't able to understand how to cope with the problem.

Could anyone drive us in the right direction?

UPDATE:

I used google webmaster tools to review the suspicious website. And now it says it's ok! Even if I didn't change anything! How could it be? false alarm?

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