Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jul 31, 2009 6:17:49 GMT -6
Yesterday I had a Windows patch notice come up. I installed the patch and thought nothing more of it.
This morning ALL Google searchs, on all browers come back with a "403- Forbidden" error tab and the following message
Concluding with a small box of characters you have to type in to bypass the security... and guess what, google.com wont accept the characters typed into the box as legit. At this point you are in a closed loop.
I started this in Firefox. After wiping the WTF look off my face and running anti-virus and anti-spyware as recommended (coming up clean), I fired up IE. To my surprise BING is now the default search engine and all references to Google have been wiped from the IE interface. The conspiracy portion of my brain kicked in and I manually went to google.com in IE and got the same results shown above AND bing.com works just fine in Firefox.
One more piece of the
Anyone else seen this after installing the latest Microsoft update? If so, do you know of a work around?
MICROSOFT BASTARDS.
This morning ALL Google searchs, on all browers come back with a "403- Forbidden" error tab and the following message
We're sorry...
... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.
If you're continually receiving this error, you may be able to resolve the problem by deleting your Google cookie and revisiting Google. For browser-specific instructions, please consult your browser's online support center.
If your entire network is affected, more information is available in the Google Web Search Help Center.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.
To continue searching, please type the characters you see below:
... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.
If you're continually receiving this error, you may be able to resolve the problem by deleting your Google cookie and revisiting Google. For browser-specific instructions, please consult your browser's online support center.
If your entire network is affected, more information is available in the Google Web Search Help Center.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.
To continue searching, please type the characters you see below:
Concluding with a small box of characters you have to type in to bypass the security... and guess what, google.com wont accept the characters typed into the box as legit. At this point you are in a closed loop.
I started this in Firefox. After wiping the WTF look off my face and running anti-virus and anti-spyware as recommended (coming up clean), I fired up IE. To my surprise BING is now the default search engine and all references to Google have been wiped from the IE interface. The conspiracy portion of my brain kicked in and I manually went to google.com in IE and got the same results shown above AND bing.com works just fine in Firefox.
One more piece of the
Anyone else seen this after installing the latest Microsoft update? If so, do you know of a work around?
MICROSOFT BASTARDS.
