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01/31/2009 10:18:51 AM · #1 |
OK if I google dpc or a host of other sites
I get this message under the site saying this site may harm your computer
Is this just me or is any one else seeing that?
I tried to go to one of the pages, still got a warning.
When I get here thru my bookmarks things seem to be fine....
edit:
ok now it is gone... so strange... must of been me
Message edited by author 2009-01-31 10:20:31. |
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01/31/2009 10:20:29 AM · #2 |
| I was getting it on multiple machines - looks fixed now though. |
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01/31/2009 10:20:55 AM · #3 |
glad It was not just me then...
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01/31/2009 10:24:25 AM · #4 |
I have been getting this message as well. I don't think it's fixed yet.
ETA. Actually, just tried again and it does look OK. I thought it was my machine.
Message edited by author 2009-01-31 10:25:59. |
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01/31/2009 10:26:31 AM · #5 |
Wasn't just you. I also saw a report on the notebook forum.
//www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=45449
DUH sorry now that link won't work.
Message edited by author 2009-01-31 10:29:07. |
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01/31/2009 10:28:56 AM · #6 |
I got the same message on multiple sites this morning, some that I have had bookmarked, and visited for years.
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01/31/2009 10:44:51 AM · #7 |
It's possible that some legitimate sites have somehow wound up in an online database of malware? I know Firefox has a database it checks of suspect sites. What browser is everyone using?
No warnings, here, though.
Message edited by author 2009-01-31 10:45:25. |
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01/31/2009 11:19:35 AM · #8 |
| Got messages in both IE7 and Safari. |
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01/31/2009 01:08:33 PM · #9 |
there is some talk about the web2.0's dynamic content being a very easy and open place to run into issues where the actual website itself isn't trying to corrupt your computer - but content that is delivered dynamically from other sources might be/is. think doubleclick ( ad service ) for instance - the websites don't deliver that ad to you - doubleclick does... not to say they are serving up malware - but more the idea of how it works...
but now content isn't added manually in many cases but loaded from some other source.
my guess is that some of these legimate sites are hosting malware inadvertantly...
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01/31/2009 01:23:13 PM · #10 |
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01/31/2009 01:42:21 PM · #11 |
To expand on this, it's "human error" according to Google:
"The internet search engine works with stopbadware.org to ascertain which sites install malicious software on people's computers and merit a warning.
Stopbadware.org investigates consumer complaints to decide which sites are dangerous.
The list of malevolent sites is regularly updated and handed to Google.
When Google updated the list on Saturday, it mistakenly flagged all sites as potentially dangerous."
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01/31/2009 02:17:22 PM · #12 |
human error on the internet - come on now - you've got to be kidding...
i mean really - there's no such thing. how could a computer make a human error ?
sounds like backwards technology to me ;)
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01/31/2009 04:28:02 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by soup:
human error on the internet - come on now - you've got to be kidding...
i mean really - there's no such thing. how could a computer make a human error ?
sounds like backwards technology to me ;) |
I think it's what they call "garbage in, garbage out" :-) Whoever loaded the latest data pushed the wrong button, and millions of end-users were thrust into panic mode. How refreshing! SO much cooler than "just another hack job"...
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01/31/2009 09:31:44 PM · #14 |
yeah - i know - i was poking fun....
kind of like i think britany spears is the best musician... ;)
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01/31/2009 09:47:36 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by soup:
yeah - i know - i was poking fun.... |
Right, I saw that, so was I :-)
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01/31/2009 10:31:38 PM · #16 |
| freaked me out too. Makes my imagination go toward places ... like we are all living ... well it seemed like a glitch in the Matrix. Wherever that takes you. |
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02/01/2009 02:14:49 PM · #17 |
| Here's the official explanation from Google In a nutshell, they say it was human error andthe url of "/" was accidentally checked, which the software expanded to apply to every single URL. |
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02/01/2009 11:08:05 PM · #18 |
word to the old dude ;)
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Right, I saw that, so was I :-)
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Message edited by author 2009-02-01 23:08:23. |
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