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Anyone know anything about google's policy on their searches?
I've been using the same search syntax for the past two or more years now... and they're just now picking up to the fact that "it's either automated or has something to do with malware".
Im wondering if I could just hammer them with otherwise normal requests... to the point where it's automaticly picked up as a threat.
what Search Syntax are you inputting..?
http://www.google.com/sorry/misc/?co...3D180%26sa%3DN
This should bring something up.
Yeah got the
I've noticed that if you happen to do search queries relating to old exploits and you are using a warn out proxie you can pull that error page up an awful lot.Quote:
but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now. We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.
If you're continually receiving this error, you may be able to resolve the problem by deleting your Google cookie and revisiting Google. For browser-specific instructions, please consult your browser's online support center.
If your entire network is affected, more information is available in the Google Web Search Help Center.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.
The-Spec,
OMG! :eek:
The humiliation of it all?.............. you have been sussed by Google?
In the past I would have argued that Google wouldn't detect 4 simultaneous 20 Megaton airbursts................. seems they are sharpening up :bigpimp:
I've had that happen a few times, but there was no rhyme nor reason, did the same queries after getting this error and they worked.:confused:
I worked a brief stint for Geek Squad (shamed to say) and they found 90% of their answers on Google. After awhile they figured we must be a virus b/c we just spammed the sh*t out of them every day for hours.
StopBadware.org's database seems like it would be fun to play around with too. Imagine perfectly normal sites' results coming back with unwarranted warnings near their links.
Google added "logic" to reduce the abuse of their search engine for nefarious purposes. When I contacted them directly about this issue, they were very guarded about how it works and what specifically will trigger it. There is a timeout value set to allow you to search again, and I've found that it is around 24 hours in the cases where it cranked out a nastygram to us.
What are you doing, searching for sites to 'wear fishnets'?
Everyone do a random google search! :D
On the count of three I want everyone to do an evil laugh.
1... 2... 3... MuHahaha!!
Too frickin funny. Got about a dozen calls from family and friends. lol
Dont fret...
After the Feds finish socializing (oh, sorry... nationalizing) the banking and health care systems, they will fix google too. ;)
Komrade Ron
People's Republic of NJ
Hmmm, I have been using Google today and didn't see this. Maybe they didn't apply whatever it was to the UK site?
:confused:
Nope. Each domain was effected and all results had it up.
Come to think of it, when I tried to get to Google this morning I couldn't get a connection. Maybe they had taken the site down while they fixed it.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/...mputer-on.html
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If you did a Google search between 6:30 a.m. PST and 7:25 a.m. PST this morning, you likely saw that the message "This site may harm your computer" accompanied each and every search result. This was clearly an error, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to our users.
What happened? Very simply, human error. Google flags search results with the message "This site may harm your computer" if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. We do this to protect our users against visiting sites that could harm their computers. We maintain a list of such sites through both manual and automated methods. We work with a non-profit called StopBadware.org to come up with criteria for maintaining this list, and to provide simple processes for webmasters to remove their site from the list.
We periodically update that list and released one such update to the site this morning. Unfortunately (and here's the human error), the URL of '/' was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and '/' expands to all URLs. Fortunately, our on-call site reliability team found the problem quickly and reverted the file. Since we push these updates in a staggered and rolling fashion, the errors began appearing between 6:27 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. and began disappearing between 7:10 and 7:25 a.m., so the duration of the problem for any particular user was approximately 40 minutes.
Thanks to our team for their quick work in finding this. And again, our apologies to any of you who were inconvenienced this morning, and to site owners whose pages were incorrectly labelled. We will carefully investigate this incident and put more robust file checks in place to prevent it from happening again.
Thanks for your understanding.