Google's gone bonkers - "Harmful to your system" on EVERYTHING!

[tangentlama]

Also, I can't get out of google. co.uk to google. com using the browswer bar.
Keep being thrown back into google. co.uk

 

[laptop]

And they've fixed it!

 

[steveo87]

It's been repaired.

As you were, there's nothing to see here.

Shit, I was qute looking forward to a pint of Cider and Armegeddon....

 

[tangentlama]

I can access google.fr though!
No 'danger danger' messages here: http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=bbc&btnG=Recherche+Google&meta=&aq=f&oq=

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm going to have a bath. I'm hoping the heat of the water will throw off any heat-seeking lizards

 

[tangentlama]

And they've fixed it!

Ah, so they have

 

[Brainaddict]

And they've fixed it!

Fool! That's what they want you to think. In reality they've switched over to an ENTIRE NEW INTERNET - all subtly changed in order to glorify the lizards and their coming victory.

Have you read that Borges story about the fake encylopedia that replaces reality? Well that's what they've just done.

This is but the first stage people. Remain vigilant!! Trust No One!!! And pray. It won't help, but it might make you feel better when your lizard overlords arrive.

 

[spacemonkey]

Does anyone remember that time in 2009 when google went nuts for 10mins?

 

[Voley]

Fool! That's what they want you to think. In reality they've switched over to an ENTIRE NEW INTERNET - all subtly changed in order to glorify the lizards and their coming victory.

Excellent point. The takeover has begun. I can feel my shape beginning to shift already.

 

[Gmart]

Same here - wonder how long it'll be til it's fixed...

The longer it is the bigger the story. Nothing on Google News yet

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Does anyone remember that time in 2009 when google went nuts for 10mins?

No

Maybe the lizards wiped my memory

 

[Voley]

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[Divisive Cotton]

I'm running an anti-virus check on everything now!

bastards

 

[untethered]

Same here - wonder how long it'll be til it's fixed...

The longer it is the bigger the story. Nothing on Google News yet

It's got its own Twitter tag now: #googmayharm

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=#googmayharm

 

[tangentlama]

BBC article from 2006 on stopbadware/org http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4649958.stm

 

[Voley]

Embrace The New Dawn.

 

[Brainaddict]

I'm running an anti-virus check on everything now!

bastards

You think that will help?

*shakes head sadly*

Here's a bit of advice people: from now on, believe NOTHING you read on the internet! Not even wikipedia!!

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Fixed now.

 

[steveo87]

You think that will help?

*shakes head sadly*

Here's a bit of advice people: from now on, believe NOTHING you read on the internet! Not even wikipedia!!

I don't trust you...no offence, but the ast few minutes have proved that

 

[paolo]

Maybe the Starbucks Phase 2 Repurposing is finally happening.

 

[Brainaddict]

I don't trust you...no offence, but the ast few minutes have proved that

You work for Google don't you? You bastards

 

[tangentlama]

Search engines as gatekeepers

Posted by Maxim Weinstein Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:03:52 GMT

Frank Pasquale wrote the other day at madisonian.net about the Jekyll and Hyde aspect of search engines as gatekeepers. When a single search engine dominates a landscape, as Google does in the U.S. and Baidu does in China, a drop in page rank, a removal from search results, or a warning about malware or other undesirable content can drop a site’s traffic precipitously. In the case of a business or advertising-supported site, this could be the death knell for a site.

As Pasquale points out, this can be a social good or a social bad, depending on the circumstances. He cites allegations of Baidu quietly dropping sites from search results if the site owners aren’t willing to pay for sponsored links. When a search engine’s uses arbitrary, opaque criteria for deciding when to delist a site, or if delisting is done for financial gain rather than to benefit the searcher, the public loses.

In contrast, the public gains when this gatekeeper role is applied transparently, fairly, and in defense of the user. Pasquale cites Baidu’s decision to stop accepting sponsored links from "unlicensed health-care companies," and also references StopBadware (and, by extension, our relationship with Google, the actual gatekeeper). He points out that these are areas in which government and other mechanisms have failed to address social problems, and so search engines are stepping in to fill the void.

I’ve previously written about the need for businesses to behave transparently and responsibly in their roles as gatekeepers. I’ll go a step farther, though, and say that third party organizations like StopBadware are an important piece of the puzzle. With different motivations and different indicators of success than for-profit companies, these organizations can ensure that the companies are living up to their responsibilities and truly protecting the public.

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cach...are+2009&hl=en&client=firefox-a&gl=uk&strip=1
(google cache of text only - lols)

 

[tangentlama]

Something fishy is definitely going on

 

[tangentlama]

I mean, doesn't this mean that stopbadware/org has become the gatekeeper?

Or perhaps stopbadware/org has been hacked?

If stopbadware/org has been hacked, then anyone who clicked on that link from the interstatial page provided by google might now be infected with a malicious code ?

 

[toblerone3]

StopBadware site is down.

 

[DotCommunist]

Honestly I was cold and afraid, had to pull up deep system memories from my meatspace storage to remember what one did before google.

Any kids who don't remember the time before Google must be sorely traumatised.

 

[quimcunx]

This has been an interesting peephole into people's googling habits.

 

[Zeppo]

This from BBC website. Is someone taking over?

Fault hits Google search service

Users were warned that all search results were dangerous
Google's search service has been hit by technical problems, with users unable to access search results.

For a period on Saturday, all search results were flagged as potentially harmful, with users warned that the site "may harm your computer".

Users who clicked on their preferred search result were advised to pick another one.

Google says it is unclear what caused the problem, which is now resolved, but that it will make a statement later.

"There was a fault. We don't know the nature of it yet. Everything has been solved. We are still making initial enquiries, " a Google spokesperson told BBC News.

 

[laptop]

"Everything has been solved. We are still making initial enquiries"

Logic fail

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

import skynet