Comments on: Google May Harm Your Computer? http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tripleX http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1435167 tripleX Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:00:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1435167 It happened to me too here in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The first 30 pages or so every searchresult had the warning (in Dutch). It happened to me too here in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The first 30 pages or so every searchresult had the warning (in Dutch).

]]> By: tomtom http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1433099 tomtom Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:08:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1433099 You're playing with fire. “I have it on good authority, if you type “Google” into Google, you can break the internet.” You’re playing with fire.

“I have it on good authority, if you type “Google” into Google, you can break the internet.”

]]> By: leah http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1432912 leah Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:39:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1432912 @ Leif "Boo-urns Google." You made me lol. @ Leif

“Boo-urns Google.”

You made me lol.

]]> By: Chris Johnston http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1432474 Chris Johnston Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:17:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1432474 Oh, good, so I'm not the only one! Oh, good, so I’m not the only one!

]]> By: Abz http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1431121 Abz Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:56:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1431121 I had this about 8hrs ago... for every site as you did... I quickly downloaded Dogpile (which is also donating to ASPCA each search) and just kept searching... Spun me out at first as I thought I must have a virus... thanks for posting on it I had this about 8hrs ago… for every site as you did… I quickly downloaded Dogpile (which is also donating to ASPCA each search) and just kept searching… Spun me out at first as I thought I must have a virus… thanks for posting on it

]]> By: Jay http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1431081 Jay Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:01:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1431081 That happened to me too! But not for all sites--only some. That happened to me too! But not for all sites–only some.

]]> By: 2try4.com http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430975 2try4.com Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430975 2try4 is used for deep web search, 2try4.com emulates Google mobile, which had no problems during the outage. 2try4 is used to provide a different function. All 4 search screens provided results with Google. Google is included in several searches on 2try4. 2try4 is used for deep web search, 2try4.com emulates Google mobile, which had no problems during the outage.
2try4 is used to provide a different function. All 4 search screens provided results with Google. Google is included in several searches on 2try4.

]]> By: Mr.EvilEric http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430964 Mr.EvilEric Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:52:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430964 something fishy going at google...... i think its something to do with the offline thingy they have release last week... something fishy going at google…… i think its something to do with the offline thingy they have release last week…

]]> By: GailW http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430954 GailW Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:39:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430954 I had a situation with this just today as did a friend of mine. Needless to say I did not click on any of the sites after I got a second"Warning" page. WTF? I had a situation with this just today as did a friend of mine. Needless to say I did not click on any of the sites after I got a second”Warning” page. WTF?

]]> By: Stephen A Carter http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430948 Stephen A Carter Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:27:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430948 Google's response: "If you did a Google search between 6:30 a.m. PST and 7:25 a.m. PST this morning, you likely saw that the message "This site may harm your computer" accompanied each and every search result. This was clearly an error, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to our users. What happened? Very simply, human error. Google flags search results with the message "This site may harm your computer" if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. We do this to protect our users against visiting sites that could harm their computers. We work with a non-profit called StopBadware.org to get our list of URLs. StopBadware carefully researches each consumer complaint to decide fairly whether that URL belongs on the list. Since each case needs to be individually researched, this list is maintained by humans, not algorithms. We periodically receive updates to that list and received one such update to release on the site this morning. Unfortunately (and here's the human error), the URL of '/' was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and '/' expands to all URLs. Fortunately, our on-call site reliability team found the problem quickly and reverted the file. Since we push these updates in a staggered and rolling fashion, the errors began appearing between 6:27 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. and began disappearing between 7:10 and 7:25 a.m., so the duration of the problem for any particular user was approximately 40 minutes. Thanks to our team for their quick work in finding this. And again, our apologies to any of you who were inconvenienced this morning, and to site owners whose pages were incorrectly labelled. We will carefully investigate this incident and put more robust file checks in to prevent it from happening again. Thanks for your understanding. Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP, Search Products & User Experience " Google’s response:

“If you did a Google search between 6:30 a.m. PST and 7:25 a.m. PST this morning, you likely saw that the message “This site may harm your computer” accompanied each and every search result. This was clearly an error, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to our users.

What happened? Very simply, human error. Google flags search results with the message “This site may harm your computer” if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. We do this to protect our users against visiting sites that could harm their computers. We work with a non-profit called StopBadware.org to get our list of URLs. StopBadware carefully researches each consumer complaint to decide fairly whether that URL belongs on the list. Since each case needs to be individually researched, this list is maintained by humans, not algorithms.

We periodically receive updates to that list and received one such update to release on the site this morning. Unfortunately (and here’s the human error), the URL of ‘/’ was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and ‘/’ expands to all URLs. Fortunately, our on-call site reliability team found the problem quickly and reverted the file. Since we push these updates in a staggered and rolling fashion, the errors began appearing between 6:27 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. and began disappearing between 7:10 and 7:25 a.m., so the duration of the problem for any particular user was approximately 40 minutes.

Thanks to our team for their quick work in finding this. And again, our apologies to any of you who were inconvenienced this morning, and to site owners whose pages were incorrectly labelled. We will carefully investigate this incident and put more robust file checks in to prevent it from happening again.

Thanks for your understanding.

Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP, Search Products & User Experience “

]]> By: STLBob http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430929 STLBob Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:16:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430929 Yeah, I noticed that this morning, too. Yeah, I noticed that this morning, too.

]]> By: Rob Williams http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430893 Rob Williams Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:41:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430893 I was able to grab a shot of most of the Google products listed as malware: http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangejack/3240712047/ I was able to grab a shot of most of the Google products listed as malware: http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangejack/3240712047/

]]> By: nenen http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430885 nenen Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:32:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430885 :) I'm told it Google was hacked. :) I’m told it Google was hacked.

]]> By: yes http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430868 yes Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:20:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430868 Job openings at google!!! I think that it is time for us to apply for a job at google (because almost certainly someone will get fired...) Big oportunity!!! Job openings at google!!!

I think that it is time for us to apply for a job at google (because almost certainly someone will get fired…) Big oportunity!!!

]]> By: Leif http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430855 Leif Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:02:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430855 I don't know what it all means, but it blocked a bunch of sites for me so now I'm mad at Google! Boo-urns Google. Youlose. I don’t know what it all means, but it blocked a bunch of sites for me so now I’m mad at Google!
Boo-urns Google.
Youlose.

]]> By: werD http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430852 werD Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:58:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430852 That is their standard warning for sites that have malware; they briefly let loose a bug that had it coming up on every result. The inconsistent experience between users probably means that only some datacenters were affected. That is their standard warning for sites that have malware; they briefly let loose a bug that had it coming up on every result. The inconsistent experience between users probably means that only some datacenters were affected.

]]> By: Jmanna http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430846 Jmanna Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:52:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430846 I had the same problem. It seemed to occur from about 10 am to 10:30 am EST. I thought maybe it was my computer. Oh well, encouraged me to do a registry clean up and run my more intense virus scanning programs. I had the same problem. It seemed to occur from about 10 am to 10:30 am EST. I thought maybe it was my computer.

Oh well, encouraged me to do a registry clean up and run my more intense virus scanning programs.

]]> By: Cheezwhiz http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430843 Cheezwhiz Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:51:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430843 Works for me. Works for me.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430833 Miss Cellania Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:38:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430833 It's working fine for me. It’s working fine for me.

]]> By: Aye Chihuahua http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430828 Aye Chihuahua Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:36:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430828 It's fixed now. It’s fixed now.

]]> By: graymccarty http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430824 graymccarty Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:33:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430824 Working fine for me.... Working fine for me….

]]> By: Doug http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430822 Doug Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:31:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430822 I've been experiencing the same problem. Time to dust off the ol' Yahoo. I’ve been experiencing the same problem. Time to dust off the ol’ Yahoo.

]]> By: chudez http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430815 chudez Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:29:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430815 i was very alarmed when i saw this on my favorite sites (dpreview.com and wikipedia of all places!). since i always search for sites and rarely type in a URL from scratch (i always forget if it's .com or .net or what) this was a big deal to me. i guess it's a glitch. it was gone after about 30 minutes. i'm emailing security@google.com to let them know my displeasure about this. i was very alarmed when i saw this on my favorite sites (dpreview.com and wikipedia of all places!). since i always search for sites and rarely type in a URL from scratch (i always forget if it’s .com or .net or what) this was a big deal to me.

i guess it’s a glitch. it was gone after about 30 minutes. i’m emailing security@google.com to let them know my displeasure about this.

]]> By: Mij Chanroc http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430809 Mij Chanroc Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:25:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430809 Just posted the same question on my blog. Live Search works fine, but I'm already developing Google withdraw symptoms. Just posted the same question on my blog. Live Search works fine, but I’m already developing Google withdraw symptoms.

]]> By: KIT CLOUD http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430807 KIT CLOUD Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:23:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430807 I'm not getting it. My first thought was that it was anti virus or spy ware inserting it in the page. I’m not getting it. My first thought was that it was anti virus or spy ware inserting it in the page.

]]> By: meggymoo http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430801 meggymoo Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:20:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430801 i just got that message confused the hell out of me. maybe jeeves is sabotaging them. i just got that message confused the hell out of me. maybe jeeves is sabotaging them.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430799 Alex Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:19:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430799 One more thing: this happens only when I'm logged into my Google or gmail account ... One more thing: this happens only when I’m logged into my Google or gmail account …

]]> By: Matt http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430795 Matt Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:18:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430795 yes. It's happening but only with the google search engine. Yahoo search was fine. yes. It’s happening but only with the google search engine. Yahoo search was fine.

]]> By: Aye Chihuahua http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1430789 Aye Chihuahua Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:17:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer/#comment-1430789 I would say that there's some sort of glitch going on there. I noticed it this morning too. I would say that there’s some sort of glitch going on there.

I noticed it this morning too.

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