Google bug? All results are marked as posible malware. [malware, stopbadware.org]

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Well this is interesting !!

ALL results are marked as possible malware even when googling at “google” or “soccer”.

“This site may harm your computer”

[b:1e3a5c9882]Read on:[/b:1e3a5c9882]
[url]http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/info-about-malware-warnings-and-how-to-appeal-them/[/url]
http://www.google.nl/search?q=%22This+site+may+harm+your+computer%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&client=firefox-a
[url]http://www.webhostingtalk.nl/webhostingtalk-lounge/146204-google-aan-het-flippen.html[/url]

[url]http://www.throwingbeans.org/this_site_may_harm_your_computer.html[/url]

http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=45449
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=681b8d80cd50bb2e&hl=en

[b:1e3a5c9882]Update:[/b:1e3a5c9882]
It appeared that, and I quote [quote:1e3a5c9882]Unfortunately (and here’s the human error), the URL of ‘/’ was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and ‘/’ expands to all URLs. Fortunately, our on-call site reliability team found the problem quickly and reverted the file. [/quote:1e3a5c9882]

[url]http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-site-may-harm-your-computer-on.html[/url]

[b:1e3a5c9882]Screenshots:[/b:1e3a5c9882]
From Throwingbeans.org
[img:1e3a5c9882]http://www.throwingbeans.org/images/badware.png[/img:1e3a5c9882]

From the Netherlands
[img:1e3a5c9882]http://www.ramonfincken.com/uploads/topic122.png[/img:1e3a5c9882]

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