Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed) • Hacker News Board

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by apollo » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 3:33 PM UTC

robg wrote: post #19

sam wrote: post #8

Wow. Since clicking on any search result brings up the warning page, Google is unusable. Everywhere. I never thought I'd see this. I wonder how much this is costing the global economy per second...

I wonder how much it's costing Google per second...

It may be earning them tons of money. The only links that actually work are the ad links.

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by Nassrat » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 3:36 PM UTC

YEAH WTF, I hated google for half an hour there.

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by patio11 » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 3:40 PM UTC

gravitycop wrote: post #43

patio11 wrote: post #7

Its like the Internet just stopped. It is midnight in Japan and here I am writing emails to customers saying "No no, don't worry, I haven't infected your computer... it is Google that has the problem."

Its like the Internet just stopped. A la The Source of Magic . One day, all of the magic in Xanth was turned off. For awhile, Xanth was like Mundania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_of_Magic

Apropos of nothing, my friends have suggested Xanth to me on and off again for over a decade now. I know nothing about it except that Amazon will deliver it to my doorstep. What three books should I be buying?

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by bmelton » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 3:44 PM UTC

Actually, I think the problem was misreported. It seemed as though google flagged its own interstitial page as malware, as all the search result links showed as " rel="nofollow">http://google.com/search?interstitial=, and THAT page was malware -- unless I'm overlooking something obvious, like the interstitial page is only shown when adware is detected.

Regardless, the search engine worked perfectly, it was just the links that weren't working. Simply removing the 'google' part of the URL allowed me to get to the sites just fine.

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by mikeyur » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 3:49 PM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #7

Its like the Internet just stopped. It is midnight in Japan and here I am writing emails to customers saying "No no, don't worry, I haven't infected your computer... it is Google that has the problem."

Time for a class action?

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by sfk » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 3:54 PM UTC

I don't understand why Google is dabbling in all sorts of areas while neglecting their core business.

The Usenet search and the groups interface were truly wonderful a couple of years ago. Now the interface is a web 2.0 abomination and the search is completely broken.

The web search is still o.k., but not astonishing compared to other search engines. Google is really showing signs of becoming a fat company. I would not be surprised if in a couple of years their calculator returns 77.1*850 = 100000.

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by gravitycop » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 4:05 PM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #53

gravitycop wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its like the Internet just stopped. A la The Source of Magic . One day, all of the magic in Xanth was turned off. For awhile, Xanth was like Mundania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_of_Magic

Apropos of nothing, my friends have suggested Xanth to me on and off again for over a decade now. I know nothing about it except that Amazon will deliver it to my doorstep. What three books should I be buying?

What three [Xanth] books should I be buying?

Perhaps not the one I mentioned, since I just spoiled it for you. :) I have found that adults don't tend to like Piers Anthony's writing (it's filled with puns and adolescent soft-porn humor), but if you want to better know where your friends - who might have read Xanth books at ages at which they could better appreciate the writing style - are coming from, I would pick the first three of the series:

  * A Spell for Chameleon
  * The Source of Magic
  * Castle Roogna

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by paraschopra » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 4:15 PM UTC

mechanical_fish wrote: post #40

robg wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how much it's costing Google per second...

I wonder how much it's costing me per second. I was right in the middle of some research! Now I'm going to spend a hour surfing HN looking for fresh new Google jokes! On the other hand, nothing brings people from around the world together like a bug in Google.

I wondering how much it's costing HN per second

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by WhiteHawk » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 4:29 PM UTC

I wonder if all the big corporations could sue Google for defamation now..? o_O

I find it amusing that Google warned me away from the Microsoft website as it might harm my computer!

Small things...

Re: Google giving Malware Warning on all search results (now fixed)

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Post by drenei » Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 4:29 PM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #35

Google doesn't quite think that everything may harm your computer. Neither wikipedia nor facebook will. Interestingly: http://www.google.com/interstitial?url=http://www.google.com... Google thinks Google may harm your computer.

I actually had a wikipedia page give me the malware warning.

Google: Trust no one!

Me: Not even wikipedia?

(Encyclopaedia Britannica laughs maniacally in the background)