# Google down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-down/824713>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 18, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-down/824713 "2018-11-18T00:07:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-down/824713/1 "2018-11-18T00:07:13Z")

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Well, more about my comp than this board - all day I haven’t been able to bring up google.  
Never had this problem before, haven’t changed any computer settings, yada yada…  
Could use some relatively quick responses.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-down/824713/2 "2018-11-18T00:13:52Z")

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[Google.com](http://Google.com) works just fine in Safari on my 2016 MacBook Pro.

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-down/824713/3 "2018-11-18T00:16:21Z")

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Something that didn’t cross my mind until now - restarting the damn thing.  
Which resolved the matter.  
:smack:

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-down/824713/4 "2018-11-18T00:18:09Z")

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Still wouldn’t hurt to run a malware scan, just in case. There are some that try to block Google to keep you from Googling how to remove them. Granted, usually they are much more obvious, so it’s unlikely, but it doesn’t hurt.