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Google - this site may harm...

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  • 31-01-2009 4:17pm
    #1
    Yerac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭


    Just a quick one to see if anyone else is seeing this today.

    Every single site returned in any google search I've done today is showing "this site may harm your computer". Just to note for anyone seeing a drop in traffic through google, it does make using google virtually useless at the moment.

    There are some mentions of it out there when doing a quick search so it's not just me.


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    #2
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,226 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I think it's fixed now. I'm not getting it anymore.


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    #3
    Yerac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭Yerac


    Yes, does look better now but worth keeping in mind for anyone who has seen a drop in traffic.


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    #4
    donnaille
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭donnaille


    Had this too, was very annoying.


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    #5
    peejay1986
    Registered Users Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭peejay1986


    I was appalling earlier. Anything I search was coming up as a threat. I type in my local parish church's website and that is apparently a harmful website (might be right haha!).


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    #6
    louie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭louie


    Yes it's fixed now, but for those who missed the "picture" you can see a screenshot here:

    http://www.eire-webdesign.ie/blog/2009/01/31/google-seems-to-think-that-all-sites-are-harmful/


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    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    peejay1986 wrote: »
    I type in my local parish church's website and that is apparently a harmful website (might be right haha!).

    You should probably report that to the HSE/The Guards....

    But on a serious note, doesnt firefox takes it list of harmful sites from Google?? If this was a full widespread problem it would probably hijack everyones firefox with that stupid red warning screen.


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    I presume that either the lists are kept seperate, or the issue was resolved before many or any of the clients were updated.


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    #9
    Feelgood
    Registered Users Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Feelgood


    Was a widespread problem...caused by 'Human Error'

    BBC News


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