Weird Errors at Google - Is Google Really Under Attack?
OK
it is not just me I checked this out with several other people with a range of OS's from Linux to windows and it appear Google think they are under attack.
Here is the error
ErrorWe're sorry...
... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected.
We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your computer is free of viruses and other spurious software.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.
The query that produced this is
inurl:add_site.php?
now do it without the ?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aadd_site.php&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
Since when has Google had a problem with '?'?
Without spending my life looking for variants G works when using .asp? etc
So is this really Google under the cosh?
Attack
Interesting that Google appear to think that they are under automated attack when your query contains a ? and that all is well when it doesn't eh?
Most bizzare
I think
that's the error that they were giving with the recent php forum attacks - 'they' were finding forums to trash by searching google at the time. Presumably triggered by the exact phrase 'they' were searching?
I think they really...
...have the internet searcher in mind here.
Anyone searching for these things is now pointed to a spyware killer, regardless of the usual serps. Extreme manual override ;-)