New oddity with Google

[Collins Richey]

On 7/8/07, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 08 July 2007, Collins Richey wrote:
> > > No this is Kosher. Google appears to be doing some pre-scanning so it
> > > doesn't serve a page that is hosting exploit code, but warns you in
> > > advance. I had this occur to me the other day under FF 2.0.0.4 under
> > > Fedora 7
> > >
> > > I suppose if you are looking for db functions then it's going to be all
> > > hot and bothered about anything that looks like an attempt at SQL
> > > injection.
> >
> > Kosher but dumb! And a pain in the butt.
>
> Might this be something to do with your gmail usage?   I suspect those of us
> who reported normal answers to the query don't use gmail.
>

Anything is possible, but I fail t see the connection

> I've never seen a 'this maybe spam" mentioned on a google query.
>
> Are you using any 'google goodies' (extentions) in your browser?

Nope, none.

OK, here's the irony. If I visit www.google.com, I get the expected
response - list of pages to view. If I issue the same query through
the Firefox search (top right in a Firefox screen), I get the popup,
so Firefox must be adding something to the search that causes the
popup.



-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.