Google: this site may harm your computer

CliffyBiro · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:03

dark_shadow said:
Quick - To the internets!

Not quite good enough when you started one of those threads.

Riiya · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:03

Oh dear :< Erm, what other search engines are there lol ?

yantorsen · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:03

theukmoog said:
Makes you realise how much you rely on Google, eh!

you can still use it. Just copy and paste the green URLs into the adress bar.

Strife212 · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:03

It's on slashdot already, wonder how long it will take to fix!

DB_SamX · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:04

Phew, and I thought it was just me!

Pred · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:05

Doesn't affect sponsored links though.

Dr.EM · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:05

Having tried it after reading this thread I can also report that mine is doing this. Most odd :confused:

rayb74 · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:05

To get on site just delete the first part of address in the top box.

regulus · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:05

muggs said:
hmmm seems like its been put there deliberately by google www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000859.html

edit crap that post was made in may 2007

Yes, but that is for a porn site. The sites I was trying to visit or topics I was researching were all on legitimate sites.

Curio · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:05

Didzi said:
Type in the URL or just use another search engine

Wow, thank god you're here!

LewisStuart · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:06

glad im not the only one then

CliffyBiro · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:06

Ross1234 said:
Its funny how it says there own site may harm your pc

I bet it was you who broke it.

You're not supposed to type Google into Google. :mad:

Plumby · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:06

Phew. Thought I was hijacked! Imagine how all the non IT savvy people out there are reacting! "End of the World"

Kainz · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:06

Riiya said:
Oh dear :< Erm, what other search engines are there lol ?

There's alta vista and ask geeves one!

RobH · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:07

Same here, thought it was windows 7 but it's happening on my iPhone too via 3G.

Cosimo · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:07

I'm getting it now.

badcompany · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:07

me too, yahoo is ok but getting slower each search I reckon millions switching to it
now

Damien. · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:07

Yep, im gettin the same problem.

Theres me thinking i had a virus, i only formatted my machine last night !

Richdog · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:07

Scythe said:
I noticed that too. I thought my HOSTS file may of been hijacked or something. Google is really slow for me, after searching for 'google' the first result took me to a different (malicious) website!

I'm scanning all my systems here at the minute, all clean here.

Ditto, I thought it was just my PC too. Seems to be a global problem (phew).

yantorsen · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:08

Millennium Bug?!