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Google Malware warnings
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:43 am
by Ragnarok
Is anyone else getting Google informing them that every search it turns up has a "This site may damage your computer" warning?
I need to know whether it's a problem with Google, or whether I've got something on my own computer I need to find and kill with extreme prejudice.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:45 am
by inonickname
Don't worry, I've got it also. Comes up for everything, including google sites. Just use yahoo for a day or so, until it's fixed.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:48 am
by Ragnarok
inonickname wrote:Don't worry, I've got it also.
Phew - I was running spyware and virus checks left, right and centre trying to find out if it was anything wrong with my machine.
Well, now I know it isn't, I can relax again.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:52 am
by jrrdw
Must be a UK thing, I been using it all morning and haven't seen anything like it.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:54 am
by pizlo
Yeah, that's sometimes google. The last time I started getting wierd problems with my computer I ended up losing everything to a group of turkish hackers. which is great because I'm greek
They even got on my rapid share weeks later and took out one of my emails. It was crazy. They had my diskdrive going in an out and after I restarted I couldn't do anything they even blocked out the settings in safemode!
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:55 am
by inonickname
Same thing happened to me while I was lookin for the syringe metering for that guy... Thought I had some nasty on my pc, but it was too late to run a check so I decided to wait and see what happened. Yahoo for a while I suppose.
Edit: @ JRR, I'm in aus, so it isn't UK specific.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:56 am
by newbmatic
Wow i got the same thing. I just installed a new antivirus thing and though it was messed up. thanks guys
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:57 am
by Mr.Sandman
Nope im in us right now and i keep gettin it to.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:01 am
by inonickname
Or perhaps google is correct, and it's a massive malware attack, including microsoft, google itself and..everything? Hide everyone, the malware attack is over nine Thousaaaand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/facepalmroflheadslapcombo
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:02 am
by jrrdw
Dam, I'm staying outa google then!
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:07 am
by Ragnarok
jrrdw wrote:Must be a UK thing, I been using it all morning and haven't seen anything like it.
It was pretty sudden. One search - fine. Few minutes later, everything is pinned with the tag.
inonickname wrote:Hide everyone, the malware attack is over nine Thousaaaand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What? Nine Thousand? There's no way that can be right!
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:17 am
by rp181
Its fixed for me now.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:22 am
by Ragnarok
rp181 wrote:Its fixed for me now.
Seems to be sorted here as well - well, as it's one of the most trafficked websites on the net, problems are going to get spotted and fixed very promptly.
Well, alert over it seems. We can come back from Defcon 2.* :tongue3:
*Yes, this is right. Defcon 1 is maximum alert, Defcon 5 is minimum. It's a common mistake that it's the other way around.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:25 am
by rp181
there will probably be something on the news later.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:10 pm
by SEAKING9006
Google's being DDoS'ed.