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Google filters for “badware?”

December 2nd, 2006

I clicked on a link in a Google search today, and got this message:

I guess I appreciate this, but when did Google start policing the web? Seems like it would be big news!

Posted by Eric Skiff Filed in Uncategorized, badware, google, malware, policing, web

5 Responses to “Google filters for “badware?””

geeknoob Says:
December 2nd, 2006 at 10:50 pm
And to add insult to injury, they don’t even give you a “go here anyway” button, but make you copy and paste the url instead!
GeekNoob’s Small Spot » Anime = badware? Says:
December 2nd, 2006 at 11:30 pm
[...] I’d originally seen this on Glitch’s homepage, and thought it odd that it thought a lyrics page was bad for his computer. Now, I’ve known him a long time, and he’s a smart guy - so I was a bit confused. I ran across the same problem while trying to look up how humunculi were made in FMA* (I got impatient, sue me! :P), and was trying to access a forum. [...]
GeekNoob’s Small Spot » Anime = badware? Says:
December 2nd, 2006 at 11:34 pm
[...] I’d originally seen this on Glitch’s homepage, and thought it odd that it thought a lyrics page was bad for his computer. Now, I’ve known him a long time, and he’s a smart guy - so I was a bit confused. I ran across the same problem while trying to look up how humunculi were made in FMA* (I got impatient, sue me! :P), and was trying to access a forum. [...]
Brian Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 10:50 am
Didn’t you know? Google just bought out the syndicate. Google now owns all of the banks and controls the world’s money supply. Since they control the money, that means that they control the internet, which is a series of tubes…
NoblePig Says:
December 26th, 2006 at 4:48 am
Weird but this happened to me today when I was trying to lookup a site that blew the whistle on a condo developer. I guess we know where Google’s alliance is.