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has google just hung themselves

Geoffxx · 2009-01-31 14:58:14

Every search I do on google returns this - google this site may harm your computer - and will not allow access I use google as my default search engine - just turned it off - as I can't open an search results is that bad for business or what ?

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31-01-2009 3:58pm

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Geoffxx

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Every search I do on google returns this - google this site may harm your computer - and will not allow access

I use google as my default search engine - just turned it off - as I can't open an search results

is that bad for business or what ?

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#2 31-01-2009 4:00pm
Wishbone Ash

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I'm getting the same!

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#3 31-01-2009 4:02pm
Wishbone Ash

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Another thread here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055476398

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#4 31-01-2009 4:02pm
Avns1s

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Me too.

Maybe it's the recession ... they're cutting back on the service they provide!

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#5 31-01-2009 4:03pm
Fajitas!

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Aye, it's all gone a bit wierd for me, from being told I look like a spambot to being told I'm accessing dodgy pages... :-/

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#6 31-01-2009 4:37pm
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http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5779

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#7 31-01-2009 6:57pm
Moriarty

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& http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-site-may-harm-your-computer-on.html

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#8 01-02-2009 12:41pm
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WOW, looks like Google need to review their change control process.

Fair play to them for owning up, most companies would have said it was a technical issue.

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#9 01-02-2009 12:53pm
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+1 for the explaination google gave.

That tech has something new for his CV too

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