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

blog.makezine.com - 1/31/2009

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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 ...

techcrunch.com - 1/31/2009

Google Flags Whole Internet As Malware

— techcrunch.com — 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 ... (more) Google Flags Whole Internet As Malware

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