# Google - every web-page may harm your computer **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 31, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864 "2009-01-31T14:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/1 "2009-01-31T14:52:00Z")
Suddenly this morning, everytime I do a Google search, Google tells me that every web-page it finds “may harm my computer”. If I click on the link, Google puts up a malware warning, suggesting I shouldn’t click on the link. It’s not just one or two web-pages. It’s every web-page that Google brings up, regardless of the search topic. Anyone else having this happen? any idea what it means? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/2 "2009-01-31T14:58:17Z")
Thank God I’m not the only one: I was about to start yelling at my kid. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/3 "2009-01-31T14:59:19Z")
Yeah, I just noticed the same thing happening to me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/4 "2009-01-31T14:59:55Z")
Google gone gaba-gaba. Yeah, I have no idea what’s up with that. Hopefully a temporary issue. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/5 "2009-01-31T15:00:29Z")
I just tried it and I get the same warning no matter what link I click on Google’s search page results. Even mainstream ones like Wiki. Must be on their side. Either that or the entire internet has finally been infected. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/6 "2009-01-31T15:01:24Z")
Huh - I hadn’t noticed it, but I’m getting it too. Probably haven’t googled much. It’s a bit funny when you search on ‘safe computing’ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/7 "2009-01-31T15:02:10Z")
Yeah, and you can’t even OK the link. So, basically Google is dead right now. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/8 "2009-01-31T15:03:31Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > Either that or the entire internet has finally been infected. Does that mean that the SDMB is Kandor? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/9 "2009-01-31T15:03:56Z")
[Ya-hooooooo-oo-ooo-oooooooo](http://www.yahoo.com) ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/10 "2009-01-31T15:04:33Z")
Apparently it has [happened before](http://www.throwingbeans.org/this_site_may_harm_your_computer.html). The page doesn’t have an exact date, but according to Firefox and the page itself, seems like it happened in 2007. [This](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000859.html) is also interesting. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/11 "2009-01-31T15:04:42Z")
Yes - I’ve got this too. I was just about to start a thread about it. It’s a comfort to know it’s not just me. Thank og for the SD. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/12 "2009-01-31T15:05:52Z")
Oh whew! I thought I had some killer virus that was totally screwing up my computer. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/13 "2009-01-31T15:06:37Z")
Glad it’s not just me, I couldn’t imagine a search for a recipe being malware. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/14 "2009-01-31T15:07:27Z")
There’s a [story](http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/31/1457221) up on Slashdot about it. Not much in the way of details, except for a bunch of guys giggling about how if you search for Google, Google will warn you about Google being malware. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/15 "2009-01-31T15:13:48Z")
Weird. Gmail is working for me in the meantime, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/16 "2009-01-31T15:15:29Z")
working okay for me now, google is. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/17 "2009-01-31T15:16:29Z")
And now it’s broke again… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/18 "2009-01-31T15:17:38Z")
And now it’s working again… ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/19 "2009-01-31T15:17:45Z")
Gmail works fine for me but Google search is still schizophrenic. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864/20 "2009-01-31T15:19:46Z")
Like \*\*Qadgop \*\*- it’s fixed…uhhh…uhhh…broke - fixed. broke. DAMN IT ALL I NEED IS A PICTURE OF A MARBLED MURRELET [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-every-web-page-may-harm-your-computer/483864.md?page=2)