# Malware - redirects all search results to "go.google.com" - what to do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-redirects-all-search-results-to-go-google-com-what-to-do/463648>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-redirects-all-search-results-to-go-google-com-what-to-do/463648 "2008-09-15T02:23:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-redirects-all-search-results-to-go-google-com-what-to-do/463648/21 "2008-09-16T15:22:29Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> How is “[go.google.com](http://go.google.com)” a problem? Wouldn’t that be a subdomain of [google.com](http://google.com), and therefore under Google’s control? I’m certain that nobody from Google is collaborating with the malwriters.

Correct. It would appear that whatever is doing this is placing innocent looking URLs in the address bar. There is no [go.google.com](http://go.google.com), and Yahoo seem to use it as an alias for their phone services page, looks perfectly legit.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-redirects-all-search-results-to-go-google-com-what-to-do/463648/22 "2008-09-16T15:53:26Z")

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> [@ivan\_astikov](#):
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> Shall we compromise and just behead virus makers then?

Shall we behead the sociopaths first?

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-redirects-all-search-results-to-go-google-com-what-to-do/463648/23 "2008-09-16T16:14:32Z")

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> [@sailor](#):
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> Shall we behead the sociopaths first?

This back-and-forth is much better when read in Monty Python voices. 😃

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