Google Flags Whole Internet As Malware

techcrunch.com - 1/31/2009

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We’re not quite sure what’s going on, but a couple of minutes ago any search result from Google started being flagged as malware with a message stating “This site may harm your computer”. Including Google’s own websites as you can see above. Twitter is abuzz with people reporting the ...

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Google says every site is now malware... including Google

— blog.makezine.com — Starting at 9:43am EST 1/31/2009 Google says every site is malware ... including Google. A few makers emails me asking why every site was "malware" - looks like something went really wrong, or really right (for someone). Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in ... (more) Google says every site is now malware... including Google

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Breaking: What’s the Matter with Google?
GeekBrief.TV — ... used different search words and phrases. Same thing. I did a search from different browsers and from a PC and got the same warning message. Next step twitter. I asked if anyone else is getting the error and it appears to be happening to everyone on every search. At this point, all we have is questions: Did Google get hacked? Is it an internal error? Can anyone remember an issue this crippling happening to Google before? TechCrunch speculates here. I went live on ustream as we tried to figure out what is happening. ...

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GeekBrief.TV — ... used different search words and phrases. Same thing. I did a search from different browsers and from a PC and got the same warning message. Next step twitter. I asked if anyone else is getting the error and it appears to be happening to everyone on every search. At that point, all we had was questions: Did Google get hacked? Is it an internal error? Can anyone remember an issue this crippling happening to Google before? TechCrunch speculated here. Iwent live on ustream as we tried to figure out what is happening. UDPATE: ...

When Google goes Wrong…
LiewCF.com — Google flags every search results as malware at 6:30am to 7:25am at 31 Jan, 2009 PST. Google flags every search results as malware [image from TechCrunch] I was watching TV and my elder brother told me that the Google search results are not accessible. I checked Google on my mobile. The Google for mobile was working fine but the classic Google was adding a text “This site may harm your computer” on every search result. A quick check on my twitter account (@liewcf) showed that it was Google’s ...

Can you explain to me again why I should trust Google?
CrunchGear — ... Some of you may have noticed that Google went a little haywire yesterday, labeling every site under the sun, including google.com itself, as potentially harmful to your computer. (This label is usually reserved for sites reported to contain malicious code—think shady warez and porn sites laden with virus and trojan-laced pop-ups.) Drudge’s characterization—GOOGLE GONE MAD—may be overwrought (such is the Drudge style), but it illustrates a larger point: how smart is it to so heavily depend upon Google? How many of you rely on Gmail and Google News, to say ...

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