Google Malware warnings

Ragnarok · Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:43 am

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.

inonickname · Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:45 am

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.

Ragnarok · Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:48 am

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.

Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:52 am

Must be a UK thing, I been using it all morning and haven't seen anything like it.

pizlo · Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:54 am

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!

inonickname · Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:55 am

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.

newbmatic · Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:56 am

Wow i got the same thing. I just installed a new antivirus thing and though it was messed up. thanks guys

Mr.Sandman · Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:57 am

Nope im in us right now and i keep gettin it to.

inonickname · Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:01 am

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

Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:02 am

Dam, I'm staying outa google then!

Ragnarok · Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:07 am

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!

rp181 · Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:17 am

Its fixed for me now.

Ragnarok · Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:22 am

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.

rp181 · Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:25 am

there will probably be something on the news later.

SEAKING9006 · Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:10 pm

Google's being DDoS'ed.

Google Malware warnings

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