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Google warns entire Internet is malware

 

Published 1/31/2009 by Natalie Weinstein at CNET News - Business Tech

For a short time this morning, Google listed every site on the Internet as malware. According to TechCrunch , every site found via Google search was flagged with this message: "This site may harm your computer." The failure lit up Twitter this morning with thousands of people posting about their kindred ... (link)

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