[LINK] Google blocking?

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Quoting Ivan Trundle <ivan.trundle at alia.org.au>:

> Dear Linkers
>
> Anyone come across Google blocking website searches before?

Ivan - yes, I've seen this as well. When there's an "event" which whacks the
Google servers, I suppose particularly a "zombie storm", this is the page that
Google sends you.

Since I've not ever had a virus infection, and since I've seen it on two
relatively immune machines (ie, successive office Macs), I assume that Google
composed this little treat based either on huge blocks of IP addresses, 
or just
as pure scare-the-user nonsense.

It most often happens (for me, anyhow) when a Google "alpha" service gets
slashdotted.

Cheers,
RC

>
> I got this from our network this morning, though now it appears that  
> we can get full access once more:
>
> http://www.google.com/sorry/?continue=http://www.google.com/<search  
> string deleted>
> ---------------------------
> Google Error
> We'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.
>
> To continue searching, please type the characters you see below: (etc)
> ---------------------------
>
> (this came and went in about 30 minutes, without our intervention...)
>
> iT
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