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Old 31 January 2009, 15:10   #1
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Do google have a problem today?

Tried using google - every his is listed with "this site may harm your computer" - this applies even if you google for google itself!

Clicking the link takes you to a warning page that invites you to go to a diagnostic page - but that link fails (presumably due to server load!).

Edit - if it matters I am using Firefox v2.0.0.14 in Linpus Lite.
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bugger me they are... IE will not even let me into a web site. only able to get in going direct to it....
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Old 31 January 2009, 15:24   #3
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Odd-no prob here.I'm on the same firefox as Polwart.
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seems to have been fixed now

edit: more info: http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/ne...-malware.phtml
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seems to have been fixed now

edit: more info: http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/ne...-malware.phtml
Wow .. comforting in a way to know it even happens to the big guys too, bet that had their it bods sweating
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Wow .. comforting in a way to know it even happens to the big guys too, bet that had their it bods sweating
Yes, in an average company the IT guy can bluff his way out of most situations using geek/techie talk, but that might not be quite so easy there!

Here's what went wrong.
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Actually .. now that you mention it .. there were a couple of times I went to their page a few days ago where the google name was not readable, I know they change the characters a lot, but this was a jumbled illegible mess, and they do pride themselves in having a very clean font page ! I wonder if that had anything to do with it ?
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Actually .. now that you mention it .. there were a couple of times I went to their page a few days ago where the google name was not readable, I know they change the characters a lot, but this was a jumbled illegible mess, and they do pride themselves in having a very clean font page ! I wonder if that had anything to do with it ?
I noticed that too. Disgruntled employee perchance?
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Actually .. now that you mention it .. there were a couple of times I went to their page a few days ago where the google name was not readable, I know they change the characters a lot, but this was a jumbled illegible mess, and they do pride themselves in having a very clean font page ! I wonder if that had anything to do with it ?
That was due to it being some anniversary of a painter. Not sure who it was but it was one those painters that splash paint on and everybody wee's there pants in excitement
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Which one? http://www.google.com/holidaylogos08.html
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Nope .. none of the above .. and I googled, Altavista'd, and Yahoo'd and no sign of it anywhere, it was a brown mess ! I could i8magine what John was saying though, although I'd find it strange from a company that is one of the worlds top brands, to make their name invisible, or maybe it was an optical illusion and I've just found out I'm colour blind .. christ and I've wired all those plugs too
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Nope .. none of the above .. and I googled, Altavista'd, and Yahoo'd and no sign of it anywhere, it was a brown mess ! I could i8magine what John was saying though, although I'd find it strange from a company that is one of the worlds top brands, to make their name invisible, or maybe it was an optical illusion and I've just found out I'm colour blind .. christ and I've wired all those plugs too
Ahha - you mean this one:


Which is "celebrating" Jackson Pollack's birthday.
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Oh sh*t .... green to green .. red to red ... and blue to fu*k
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Ahha - you mean this one:


Which is "celebrating" Jackson Pollack's birthday.
Sorry forgot about this thread.
Yeah that was the one.
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So is it just me or is the google name just about invisible ?
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So is it just me or is the google name just about invisible ?
It is VERY hard to see. The Capital G and the last e are easiest to see.
Stare at it long enough though and you see the fallen Madonna with the big boobies!
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just about invisible ?
or just visible - depending if you are glass half full kind of guy
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the fallen Madonna with the big boobies!
Well,.. Van Clomp might have made a better job Ah well at least I dont have some colour deficiency then
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