Sunburn
join:2000-10-05
Denver, CO
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Re: Google is blocking..
»news.myway.com/top/article/id/21···ers.html
Web Worm Spreads, Slows Google Searches
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Jul 26, 2:44 PM (ET)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Internet worm that uses Web search engines to find new victims spread widely on Monday, apparently causing problems for Google Inc. on the day it set the price range for its initial public offering, Internet security experts reported.
The reports about the worm, a variant of a Web attack called MyDoom, came as outages on the search site Google.com hit in the United States, France and Great Britain. In many places the site was said to be working normally.
"The latest version of MyDoom, which started arriving in people's mail boxes in force today, uses search engines to find more recipients for its message," security research service SANS reported on Monday. "Some search engines report performance issues."
Web site performance slowed broadly on Monday, suggesting the possibility that a virus or other Internet attack may be causing problems, said Keynote Systems Inc. (KEYN.O), a Web performance tracking firm.
"It could be an indication that something is impacting the Internet overall. We are certainly looking into it and also looking into the possibility of some sort of attack. We are starting to see things creep up," said Keynote spokeswoman Della Lowe. " |
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Sunburn
join:2000-10-05
Denver, CO | reply to Sunburn
Google will NOT respond if your company has been infected with MyDoom and Google has blocked your domain from accessing search results. We just go an email explaining this from corporate security. |
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dosbubba
join:2002-01-26
Eustis, FL
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said by Nerdtalker  :
Sounds almost like a DDOS...
It is:
quote:
...the virus searches user files for domain names, then uses Lycos, Google, Altavista, or Yahoo to find for valid e-mail addresses within these domains. Those engines in turn are having trouble keeping up with the load as the infection spreads.
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs:
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Works fine for me...
Sounds almost like a DDOS... |
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IAmTheEvilest
There Is Nothing Like A Restart
join:2001-01-03
Santa Barbara, CA
clubs: | reply to dosbubba
I can't even search for Google's own Gmail.com!  |
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Flizesh
Premium
join:2003-08-16
Staten Island, NY
clubs: | reply to dosbubba
works fine for me |
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smoky_129
Premium
join:2002-09-04
Arab, AL | reply to Sunburn
google responds just fine yahoo takes forever |
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Sunburn
join:2000-10-05
Denver, CO | reply to dosbubba
Google no longer works for me either:
Google
Error
Server Error
The service you requested is not available at this time.
Service error -27. |
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dosbubba
join:2002-01-26
Eustis, FL
| Google seems to be blocking certain queries (anything with email and a domain in it):
email dslreports.com
email@microsoft.com
I like .emailing people |
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