[jay3ld]

ok. this is weirdest thing.
I typed in the Google search thing "phpbb" and hit return. i was going to go download it since i had a really old version of it.
oddly google came saying

Originally Posted by Google

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.

Another mac user has tested this for me and the same thing happens to him. hes on tiger and im on Panther.

Anybody got to comment on Google either not liking the word phpbb or it not liking safari to type that in.

i havn't tried on other browsers so im not sure if its just safari or not.

[Tesseract]

Me too.

Weird.

[Tesseract]

Update: It's broken in all three of the browsers I use: Camino, Firefox, and Safari. But only for the word 'phpbb', and not after submitting the query to the google.com search field.

I wonder if there is a virus floating around that is querying Google with 'phpbb' (and maybe some other strings) so they decided to block those queries unless they came from the 'official' search box?

[Tesseract]

Update 2: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/santy_a.shtml

[monkeybrain]

I also got that Google message when I clicked a link for a Google video. It seems they're a little bit proactive with some virus prevention or something.