Google May Harm Your Computer

by Bey Luen on January 31, 2009

in Search Engine Optimization

As usual, I always go to Google to search for what I want. But just a few minutes ago, all the search results in Google are marked as ‘This site may harm your computer’ no matter what keywords or phrases you are searching.

Google May Harm Your Computer

I dont’ know what happen to the Google. But I guess it may due to the web spam filtering is stopped working in Google. Or perhaps some virus or malware attack Google? When I click on the link ‘This site may harm your computer’, it returned me an error page. Seems like Google is having some serious trouble now!

What do you think? Please share with us your opinion in the comment box.

Update 1: Google has just fixed the issue. Everything back to normal now. That’s a good news for us. :)

Update 2: This issue also caused Gmail to put email into spam folder instead of inbox folder.

Update 3: Google has released a blog post explaining about the cause of this issue. It was simply human error. When Google updated malicious URL list, the people accidentally updated all of the URL to have malicious software installed. Luckily they have noticed the issue and fixed it very quickly.

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January 31, 2009 at 11:50 pm

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1 Ash January 31, 2009 at 11:35 pm

Yes i did experience this , it sucked. i could not do any research work or anything :( , it must have been an attack on Google by someone. But Google being the leading web search company was quick on the chase and have resolved the issue. Nice job Google (y).

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2 yes February 1, 2009 at 12:14 am

Job openings at google!!!

I think that it is time for us to apply for a job at google (because almost certainly someone will get fired…) Big oportunity!!!

http://home.deds.nl/~antispam/

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3 kenny ngu February 17, 2009 at 8:13 am

i love google.

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4 Agent 001 April 2, 2009 at 3:45 am

Or was it a April Fool by some Google ?

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5 Bey Luen April 2, 2009 at 9:52 am

@Agent 001,
It was caused by their mistake and Google confirmed it.

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