I'll bet it was one wrong bit... and all the sites that WOULD harm your computer were marked as safe.
It could've been a misplaced !. TRUE == !FALSE.
Michael E. Gruen
· 10 months ago
I'll bet it was one wrong bit... and all the sites that WOULD harm your computer were marked as safe.
It could've been a misplaced !. TRUE == !FALSE.
Hemanth
· 10 months ago
Where is that comment??
ok, well it seems to have resolved now.
Hemanth
· 10 months ago
Where is that comment??
ok, well it seems to have resolved now.
Gaeblerdotcom
· 10 months ago
If malwareFlag = false then displaymessage(siteURL) end if ' Sergy, I forget. Is this flag supposed to be true or false? Let me know Monday. - Larry
Gaeblerdotcom
· 10 months ago
If malwareFlag = false then displaymessage(siteURL) end if ' Sergy, I forget. Is this flag supposed to be true or false? Let me know Monday. - Larry
Fyre Vortex
· 10 months ago
@Jamaipanese Apparently there'sonly one Internet right now.
Fyre Vortex
· 10 months ago
@Jamaipanese Apparently there'sonly one Internet right now.
Brendon
· 10 months ago
Well, the problem appears fixed now. StopBadware.org was also down for a while during the issue, which leads me to think the requests created a "DOS attack" from Google on the site.
-Brendon.
Brendon
· 10 months ago
Well, the problem appears fixed now. StopBadware.org was also down for a while during the issue, which leads me to think the requests created a "DOS attack" from Google on the site.
-Brendon.
Ulrik Moe
· 10 months ago
Here is a screenshot of me telling a friend about the google bug at [15:38:04 = UTC+1] which should prove that the problem did infact start at this moment (at least in Denmark). The total downtime (bugtime) must have been at least 30mins: from 15:37 -> 16:10.
Short translation (Danish -> English) OMFG (quite obvious) [Google.com link] Check this link W3C has been tagged as: “This site may harm your computerâ€
Ulrik Moe
· 10 months ago
Here is a screenshot of me telling a friend about the google bug at [15:38:04 = UTC+1] which should prove that the problem did infact start at this moment (at least in Denmark). The total downtime (bugtime) must have been at least 30mins: from 15:37 -> 16:10.
Short translation (Danish -> English) OMFG (quite obvious) [Google.com link] Check this link W3C has been tagged as: “This site may harm your computerâ€
Ulrik Moe
· 10 months ago
According to a techcrunch user it ended at 16:38 [UTC+1]... Which is 61 minutes from when I discovered the bug... I don't get where you guys get your 15-20 mins from.
Best regards Ulrik Moe
Ulrik Moe
· 10 months ago
According to a techcrunch user it ended at 16:38 [UTC+1]... Which is 61 minutes from when I discovered the bug... I don't get where you guys get your 15-20 mins from.
Best regards Ulrik Moe
Mark
· 10 months ago
I did a search for google during the problem and it told me the site might harm my computer!!! It amused me...
Mark
· 10 months ago
I did a search for google during the problem and it told me the site might harm my computer!!! It amused me...
ZeroCool
· 10 months ago
What I found the most funny was that even Google pages were marked that way, and the page did not give you the option to click through even though it said it would. I thought I found a way to turn it off, but they must have just fixed it.
ZeroCool
· 10 months ago
What I found the most funny was that even Google pages were marked that way, and the page did not give you the option to click through even though it said it would. I thought I found a way to turn it off, but they must have just fixed it.
barry
· 10 months ago
it would not even let me access google.com in a search for google lol
barry
· 10 months ago
it would not even let me access google.com in a search for google lol
Gregor
· 10 months ago
Hats off - beat my (similar) blogpost by all of 30 minutes. Well, at least we published before Reuters... they're getting sloppy...
Any more information come out yet?
Gregor
· 10 months ago
Hats off - beat my (similar) blogpost by all of 30 minutes. Well, at least we published before Reuters... they're getting sloppy...
Any more information come out yet?
Michael Shearer
· 10 months ago
I'm I the only one who thought it might have been a problem with my computer, first? I had a friend test in Canada and he said he wasn't having the problem and immediately he proposed it was a trojan b/c he "had seen this before". Not glad for all the businesses that may have lost money, but am glad I'm not still trying to fix a bunch of computers.
Michael Shearer
· 10 months ago
I'm I the only one who thought it might have been a problem with my computer, first? I had a friend test in Canada and he said he wasn't having the problem and immediately he proposed it was a trojan b/c he "had seen this before". Not glad for all the businesses that may have lost money, but am glad I'm not still trying to fix a bunch of computers.
yes
· 10 months ago
Job openings at google!!!
I think that it is time for us to apply for a job at google (because almost certainly someone will get fired...) Big oportunity!!!
thank you for posting this, I was wondering what was going on when I was searching for some stuff this am...
stman
· 10 months ago
thank you for posting this, I was wondering what was going on when I was searching for some stuff this am...
Joe C.
· 10 months ago
Did anyone notice that ALL sites had warning EXCEPT the paid ad. This is a major fail. My Firefox3 and IE8 search bars have been changed to Yahoo. Bye Google, it has been nice knowing you. "Do No Harm" is just a marketing gimmick. I will not be your sucker any more.
Joe C.
· 10 months ago
Did anyone notice that ALL sites had warning EXCEPT the paid ad. This is a major fail. My Firefox3 and IE8 search bars have been changed to Yahoo. Bye Google, it has been nice knowing you. "Do No Harm" is just a marketing gimmick. I will not be your sucker any more.
Thank G-d! I thought that I had gotten a virus on my computer. I started deleting all personal information on my computer, disconnnected from the Internet, and ran a virus check. After 2 hours of searching, I was shocked to see only 9 threats and all of them resolved. When I got back on the Internet, everything was working, so I thought I fixed the problem LOL. I can'r believe it was an issue with Google. I'm so upset! I ate two cookies during the time the computer was scanning and I hadn't eaten sweets for three weeks prior! Curse you, Google!
phyl
· 10 months ago
Thank G-d! I thought that I had gotten a virus on my computer. I started deleting all personal information on my computer, disconnnected from the Internet, and ran a virus check. After 2 hours of searching, I was shocked to see only 9 threats and all of them resolved. When I got back on the Internet, everything was working, so I thought I fixed the problem LOL. I can'r believe it was an issue with Google. I'm so upset! I ate two cookies during the time the computer was scanning and I hadn't eaten sweets for three weeks prior! Curse you, Google!
Press Releases
· 10 months ago
Incredible news!! Thats one hell of a mistake from the untouchable google.
wayne
· 10 months ago
wow...what a small '/' can do to such a big giant..
lesson of the day ..a stroke can bring down the internet!
Lenny Rachitsky
· 10 months ago
Really impressive that Marissa Mayer herself gave such a clear and transparent explanation of what went on, what they did to fix it, and what the impact was. If not for that detailed explanation, I think the public response could have been much worse. A lesson learned for all of us.
Pete Cashmore
· 10 months ago
Lenny,
Particularly impressive, as I mentioned in the article, that they responded this quickly and in such detail at a weekend.
Lenny Rachitsky
· 10 months ago
Pete,
So true. I don't know much about Marrisa's personality, but I'd hate to be the one that got her out of bed on a Saturday morning.
Erica George, StopBadware.org
· 10 months ago
Hi,
Google has updated their blog post to reflect that Google does not receive its malware URLs from StopBadware.org. Can you note the update in your post?
Don't they test these things internally before pushing them out to the world? Even I have a development machine where I test things before putting them live on the web and I only run a small site, not the biggest search engine in the world.
polaron
· 10 months ago
Wow, I dxperienced that here in Germany this afternoon. Fascinating!
Brian Sherwin @ Myartspace Blo
· 10 months ago
Ouch.
Alex
· 10 months ago
No big deal, everyone can have a bad day..
Peter Gibson
· 10 months ago
Ok, first off, that's one crap-load of a human error. Secondly that is one very small, non-specific apology for an issue that may have cost some webmasters to lose good money. I apologize, but that apology just doesn't cut it in the least.
Drag the "human" responsible for the "human error" to the streets and publicly flog him within an inch of his life and I may be OK with it. ;) Otherwise they should have sent everyone even slightly affected from this debacle enough money for... I dunno... breakfast.(?)
Alex I
· 10 months ago
@Peter Gibson
I seriously doubt that about 40 minutes of "do not access this website" can really get any website into THAT much trouble.
I think many people overreacted.
Cheers
Sam Hasler
· 10 months ago
As ads wouldn't have been affected I wonder if more people clicked on ads during that time.
mark harrison
· 10 months ago
I'm amazed that this could happen. I even did a system restore on my daughters PC because I thought it was screwed. How can Google have allowed this to happen?
mark harrison
· 10 months ago
I'm amazed that this could happen. I even did a system restore on my daughters PC because I thought it was screwed. How can Google have allowed this to happen?
JAB_au
· 10 months ago
PEBCAK errors, not even google is immune.
JAB_au
· 10 months ago
PEBCAK errors, not even google is immune.
John (Human3rror)
· 10 months ago
dude, it wasn't me.
christopher
· 10 months ago
This is definitely a crime towards hubspot- their tools are very useful if not vital to the growth of healthy websites. When the stakes are so high for the leaders of the of the most powerful network of the late 20th century, they should be wary that we are all watching. Good looking out twitter
christopher
· 10 months ago
This is definitely a crime towards hubspot- their tools are very useful if not vital to the growth of healthy websites. When the stakes are so high for the leaders of the of the most powerful network of the late 20th century, they should be wary that we are all watching. Good looking out twitter
John Franks
· 10 months ago
Most companies enjoy “security†insofar as they haven’t been targeted yet, or suffered a human error resulting in a catastrophic exposure – something Google found out the hard way. While various systems of security are important, no system can overcome laxity, ignorance, or deliberate intent to harm. Necessary is a sustained culture and awareness; an efficient prism through which every activity is viewed from a security perspective prior to action. Price Waterhouse Cooper and Carnegie-Mellon’s CyLab have recent surveys that show the senior executive class to be, basically, clueless regarding IT risk and its tie to overall enterprise (business) risk. Data breaches and accidents are due to a lagging business culture – absent a new eCulture, breaches and accidents will - and continue to - increase. Here, Google was fortunate, and hopefully its #1 asset, its reputation, will remain intact, but where I am CIO we cannot take chances. Check your local library: A book that is required reading is "I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium." It also helps outside agencies understand your values and practices. The author, David Scott, has an interview that is a great exposure: www dot businessforum dot com/DScott_02 dot html - The book came to us as a tip from an intern who attended a course at University of Wisconsin, where the book is an MBA text. In the realm of risk, unmanaged possibilities become probabilities –Read the book BEFORE you suffer a bad outcome or, worse, propagate one.
Jyotish
· 10 months ago
This problem was with google owned blogspot blogs too. Even my blog showed this.
IT Freak
· 10 months ago
@ Jyotish: I agree with you.
I've been noticing this from quite some time.
Beth Still
· 10 months ago
Nice to hear someone take responsibility for a mistake. I for one appreciate that someone would step up and explain what happened. No big deal---we all make mistakes!
Jack
· 10 months ago
Wow,the news is good!
Killer
· 10 months ago
a small mistake becomes big...so google dont do it again..!!
Evan James
· 10 months ago
This is crazy, just the other day I was visiting a well know Affiliate Network and it too was "curtained" with the "This site may harm your computer" alert. I can only wonder how much negative financial impact this has has on those site which are undeserving of this clumsiness. You would think Google would invest some bandwidth on this issue and solve it once and for all.
Evan James
· 10 months ago
This is crazy, just the other day I was visiting a well know Affiliate Network and it too was "curtained" with the "This site may harm your computer" alert. I can only wonder how much negative financial impact this has has on those site which are undeserving of this clumsiness. You would think Google would invest some bandwidth on this issue and solve it once and for all.
Evan James
· 10 months ago
This is crazy, just the other day I was visiting a well know Affiliate Network and it too was "curtained" with the "This site may harm your computer" alert. I can only wonder how much negative financial impact this has has on those site which are undeserving of this clumsiness. You would think Google would invest some bandwidth on this issue and solve it once and for all.
J
· 10 months ago
Did ads get the same warning page? If they did, I wonder is Google going to charge for clicked ads during the malfunction..
I know, there aren't very many sites that can say their ads get clicks several times in that kind of time period, but what if it's next time 4 hours instead of 40 minutes?
KOI
· 10 months ago
Things happen. Nothing is perfect.
Shevonne
· 10 months ago
Has someone infiltrated Google's security?
Shevonne
· 10 months ago
Has someone infiltrated Google's security?
Shevonne
· 10 months ago
Has someone infiltrated Google's security?
Duda Campos
· 10 months ago
Here in Brazil, a journalist follow the problem and advice, even google properties figure on the harmed list. The problem taked more than 40 minutes to be fixed.
Here in Brazil, a journalist follow the problem and advice, even google properties figure on the harmed list. The problem taked more than 40 minutes to be fixed.
Here in Brazil, a journalist follow the problem and advice, even google properties figure on the harmed list. The problem taked more than 40 minutes to be fixed.
I read this on their blog as well, it's good as long as they fixed it. I get a lot of traffic on one of my sites from google, so I'm happy if it's good.
Frederick Townes
· 10 months ago
Testing threating
Frederick Townes
· 10 months ago
hmmmm
Frederick Townes
· 10 months ago
test
Frederick Townes
· 10 months ago
test here
Nicole
· 10 months ago
Ohh, I lost a chance to see this mistake by google, because google normally don't do any mistakes :P. Anyways, you are right, this type of mistakes can lead to financial losses or loss of confidence for some companies. I hope google will not repeat this mistake in future.
Nicole
· 10 months ago
Ohh, I lost a chance to see this mistake by google, because google normally don't do any mistakes :P. Anyways, you are right, this type of mistakes can lead to financial losses or loss of confidence for some companies. I hope google will not repeat this mistake in future.
All Comments
It could've been a misplaced !. TRUE == !FALSE.
It could've been a misplaced !. TRUE == !FALSE.
ok, well it seems to have resolved now.
ok, well it seems to have resolved now.
end if
' Sergy, I forget. Is this flag supposed to be true or false? Let me know Monday. - Larry
end if
' Sergy, I forget. Is this flag supposed to be true or false? Let me know Monday. - Larry
-Brendon.
-Brendon.
http://umba.dk/googbug-dk.png
Short translation (Danish -> English)
OMFG (quite obvious)
[Google.com link]
Check this link
W3C has been tagged as:
“This site may harm your computerâ€
http://umba.dk/googbug-dk.png
Short translation (Danish -> English)
OMFG (quite obvious)
[Google.com link]
Check this link
W3C has been tagged as:
“This site may harm your computerâ€
Best regards
Ulrik Moe
Best regards
Ulrik Moe
Any more information come out yet?
Any more information come out yet?
I think that it is time for us to apply for a job at google (because almost certainly someone will get fired...) Big oportunity!!!
http://home.deds.nl/~antispam/
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2009/01...
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2009/01...
Thats one hell of a mistake from the untouchable google.
lesson of the day ..a stroke can bring down the internet!
Particularly impressive, as I mentioned in the article, that they responded this quickly and in such detail at a weekend.
So true. I don't know much about Marrisa's personality, but I'd hate to be the one that got her out of bed on a Saturday morning.
Google has updated their blog post to reflect that Google does not receive its malware URLs from StopBadware.org. Can you note the update in your post?
thanks,
Erica
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-sit...
http://blog.stopbadware.org/2009/01/31/google-g...
http://www.2070.cn
Drag the "human" responsible for the "human error" to the streets and publicly flog him within an inch of his life and I may be OK with it. ;) Otherwise they should have sent everyone even slightly affected from this debacle enough money for... I dunno... breakfast.(?)
I seriously doubt that about 40 minutes of "do not access this website" can really get any website into THAT much trouble.
I think many people overreacted.
Cheers
Price Waterhouse Cooper and Carnegie-Mellon’s CyLab have recent surveys that show the senior executive class to be, basically, clueless regarding IT risk and its tie to overall enterprise (business) risk. Data breaches and accidents are due to a lagging business culture – absent a new eCulture, breaches and accidents will - and continue to - increase. Here, Google was fortunate, and hopefully its #1 asset, its reputation, will remain intact, but where I am CIO we cannot take chances. Check your local library: A book that is required reading is "I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium." It also helps outside agencies understand your values and practices.
The author, David Scott, has an interview that is a great exposure: www dot businessforum dot com/DScott_02 dot html -
The book came to us as a tip from an intern who attended a course at University of Wisconsin, where the book is an MBA text. In the realm of risk, unmanaged possibilities become probabilities –Read the book BEFORE you suffer a bad outcome or, worse, propagate one.
I've been noticing this from quite some time.
I know, there aren't very many sites that can say their ads get clicks several times in that kind of time period, but what if it's next time 4 hours instead of 40 minutes?
The problem taked more than 40 minutes to be fixed.
See more (in portuguese) at:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL98102...
The problem taked more than 40 minutes to be fixed.
See more (in portuguese) at:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL98102...
The problem taked more than 40 minutes to be fixed.
See more (in portuguese) at:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL98102...
http://jaiderbertoli.com/blog/11-tech/24-google-search-service-glitch
http://jaiderbertoli.com/blog/11-tech/24-google-search-service-glitch
http://jaiderbertoli.com/blog/11-tech/24-google-search-service-glitch