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[weewillie]

When I turned on my computer this am and any thing I searched for came up with the site and a note underneath it that "this site may harm your computer". Is this a ploy by Google to update to Google chrome?

 

[Basil]

Google? No comment.

 

[zblu]

Been getting the same over here in the last half hour or so

 

[zblu]

and the same message if I try and access yahoo!

 

[leecreek]

same here using FireFox

 

[zblu]

Seems ok now

 

[NutmegCT]

Weird. I used Google all morning and never got the "harm" message. But my neighbor called me about an hour ago and said he *did* get the harm message from a Google search.

I was using Safari; he was using IE.

Is the "harm" message actually a Google page? Or is it from your computer's browser? or from an anti-virus or anti-spy app? or ...?

Thanks.
Tom

 

[NutmegCT]

Interesting - got some answers:

https://securityblog.verizonbusiness.com/2009/01/31/serious-problems-with-google-search/

https://blogs.computerworld.com/this_site_may_harm_your_computer

https://brainlessphp.blogspot.com/2009/01/google-makes-some-quick-changes-to-safe.html

 

[vping]

Google? No comment.

Why's that Basil?

 

[DrEntropy]

hm.

I missed it. Used Google earlier this AM and as recently as half an hour ago and never saw the warning.

I'd have bet it was an "anti-spyware trojan" had I seen it, tho. There have been increases in the "Peacomm" and/or Storm invasions of late, too.

 

[weewillie]

seems ok now, weird

 

[Don_Neff]

It was a glitch within google's site. They fixed it in a few hours and everthing went back to normal.

They have offered their apologies to the websites that were affected by that message.

 

[TR6oldtimer]

A simple typing error brought Google's search engine to a grinding halt. Kind of scary to think that one individual could bring down the entire operation. I bet there are some programming and policy changes going on. But, then maybe not.

 

[NutmegCT]

A simple typing error brought Google's search engine to a grinding halt. Kind of scary to think that one individual could bring down the entire operation. I bet there are some programming and policy changes going on. But, then maybe not.

Ray - the online banking and bill paying site I've used for years has been kerflooey and useless all morning. Kerflooey - highly technical internet term - means "not good".

We are *so* dependent on the 'net working smoothly, we'll be in a peck o' trouble when/if it stops.

Tom
PS - Do people still say "FUBAR"?

 

[DrEntropy]

PS - Do people still say "FUBAR"?

Well, I certainly do. :laugh: