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wtf?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Google.fi is still working fine.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

and google.com.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Wha' happened? It's fine when I checked it just now.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Works fine for me.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

.co.uk OK here. Maybe you have gone crazy!

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Google Service Error

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I like this thread better, I admit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the idea of these threads being archived so we can all say, "Hey remember that one day in summer of '04 when Google didn't work for a couple minutes, and then it worked again?"

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

and time becomes a loop
and time becomes a loop

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Shut up Miles Hunt.

co.uk and google.com are nuts right now.

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the idea of these threads being archived so we can all say, "Hey remember that one day in summer of '04 when Google didn't work for a couple minutes, and then it worked again?"

Those were the times!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

google fine here

maybe it's the Clientman spyware thing? i'm still having trouble getting rid of that at home, Spybot can block/quarantine it can't delete it

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

try viewing Google using the Firefox browser, or Opera

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Google's just fine for me! What you people talking about?

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Of all the irrelevant ILE threads, this has got to be the irrelevantest.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

wot's the firefox browser?

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

is so crazy

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU SO CRAZY.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

writes "It seems like the latest MyDoom worm variant has caused a bit of an Internet storm. Google, at this time (12:28 EDT), is returning 503 errors on all queries submitted from certain locations. The MyDoom variant searches the user's address book for email domains (i.e. @yahoo.com) and searches various engines (such as Google) for email addresses in that domain."

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?isc=d46940064182f61f40ca333bc3c2f439

― George W. ILX (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

see!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

In plain English what does that mean (sorry I'm thick as shit with compuer lingo). Have I been spammed? How do I remove the worm?

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

google's gone bonkers!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

GOOGLE, YOU SO CRAZY!

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Calum, you might not even have the worm.

― George W. ILX (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I think he does.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

blocked link example of a virus looking for emaisl
un blocked link example

― George W. ILX (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

and it only occurs with IE right?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Shit - so how do I know if I have a worm? My PC is old and I only visit a very small number of sites (of which ILX is one - others include a couple of movie forums, recrutiment sites, imdb and that's about it).

Shit shit shit. Help! Argghh.

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Have you heard the story of the boy who cried wolf, Calum? Or rather the boy who was a complete dick to anyone and everyone and then realised he desperately needed their help? That story?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mydoom.m@mm.html

MyDoom removal instructions

― George W. ILX (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

On both of these links George I'm getting the server error.

P.S. Thanks for that Mark. Very helpful.

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh I wasn't trying to be helpful.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

it's still NUTS.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought this was going to be about their stock.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

it's being weak for me.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

OK I don't have a virus checker. Any ideas at all on how I find out if i have a worm on my system?

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

according to our IT people, calum, the only thing to do is to shut down and keep off the web

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

hahha

― George W. ILX (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

So do I have a virus on my Pc then?

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

YES SHUT DOWN BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

See above, only one way to remedy it.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

(wow, maybe it worked)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"Callum, go to symantec.com and download the relevant removal software. And get the firefox browser from mozilla.org", he said, wasting everyone's fun.

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't see a removal programme at symantec.com - just links on how to update your virus scanner?!

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

For a mere $121.50 a share or so, you can only a little slice of Service error -27.

― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

you can "own" i mean. great timing for google here.

― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

uh, you have a virus GAYWAD

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, i got to a bit that looked like removal software and then it started going into spanish.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

so, yeh - how do i fix this plz? it's pissing me off now. chz.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Skipping 7 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Um, google's started working again for me at work, and I didn't do anything. Either they've figured it out and started fixing the problem, or C-Man's going to safe mode has fixed google for the world.

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 26 July 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Calum, get someone who knows what they are doing to look at your computer. Hacking around blindly = 90% likelyhood of a computer which will not work anymore.

Download and install this:

http://www.opera.com

and don't use internet explorer ever again.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 July 2004 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Opera?!?!?! ARE YOU MAD?!?!?!?

Also, this is some of the worst tech reporting ever (posting fulltext in case CNN changes story):

http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/26/technology/google_site/index.htm?cnn=yes
Search engines sputter
Technical difficulties prevent users of Google and other search sites from surfing the Web.
July 26, 2004: 2:09 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Google stranded some Web surfers Monday, unable to meet visitors' requests for hours that afternoon, and the No. 1 search engine wasn't the only site giving users a headache.

Web site performance slowed broadly, suggesting the possibility that a virus or other Internet attack may be causing problems, said Keynote Systems Inc., a Web performance tracking firm.

The report comes as outages on the search site Google.com were reported in the United States, France and Great Britain, though in many places the site was said to be working normally.

"We are starting to see things creep up," said Keynote spokeswoman Della Lowe. "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."

The SANS Institute, an online source for Internet security training and an information security research repository, released an article Monday afternoon saying that the latest version of the MyDoom virus was behind Google's problems.

The virus, which started arriving in mail boxes Monday, uses search engines to find more recipients for its message, according to SANS.

Once the virus starts, it searches the user's files for domain names. Then it uses search engines to find valid e-mail addresses within these domains, said the article, adding that Lycos, Google, Altavista and Yahoo are all possible MyDoom targets.

A Google spokesman contacted by CNN/Money said the company had heard a report that the site was down and was looking into the matter, but did not know what the problem was.

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey! I like Opera! It works great for me, both at home and at work!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 July 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.subotnik.net/img/scrs-link-operamac-01.png

I LOVE THE BANNER ADS!

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

the banner ads are liveable with! The paid for version is very cheap (but I am even cheaper haha)

Pressing f12, and seeing the list of options for disabling popups, gif animation etc = GREAT!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

(plus the actual banner ad is about 3/5 the size of the one in that pic.)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

GHANA LUVS OPERA

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I gotta admit, it's fairly effective. But where the divvil is Messenger?

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

FIREFOX IS BETTER

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

who's laughing now? I BROKE THIS STORY!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

WHAT?

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

opera is ok i think, but firefox is better.

― european (gareth), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

OPERA IS GAY

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

all's i'm saying is that everyone was all like "oh fritz is crazy" when i blew the whistle on the crazy google story & now they're all totally "wow fritz was on that google story way before CNN, he's the new woodward bernstein!" but i'm not one to toot my own horn

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

it is possible

― european and gay (gareth), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

BBC 24 just did a big 'breaking news' story on it

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

but that doesn't stop me from thinking that you're crazy!

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

crazy or no, let's just give credit where credit's due: right here at my feet. was I afraid to proclaim "google's gone crazy"? No, I was not... and was I afraid to follow that declaration up with the provocative query, "WTF?"? Again, the answer is unequivably no, I was not afraid.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

well, perhaps I'll d/l firefox, and give it a go tomorrow

― je suis la reigne europhag (Pashmina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU FUCKING ASSHAT GOOGLE ONLY IS CRAZY IF YOU HAVE BULLSHIT VIRUSES ON YOUR FARKING NETBLOCK YOU STUPID DUNCE IT WORKED FINE FOR MOST PEOPLE ALL DAY COCKCHOKER

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

dude, i was kidding

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Fritz, I got to this story before you.

― C-Man (C-Man), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

cman, you have a virus!

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

it doesn't mean you have a virus at all.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU FUCKING ASSHAT GOOGLE ONLY IS CRAZY IF YOU HAVE BULLSHIT VIRUSES ON YOUR FARKING NETBLOCK YOU STUPID DUNCE IT WORKED FINE FOR MOST PEOPLE ALL DAY COCKCHOKER
-- Whiskeytown Littlecock (░▒▓█▌...), July 26th, 2004. (later)

is this considered acceptable ILX behaviour these days?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

report me to the moderators!

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

why not try not being a weirded out aggressive freak yourself?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

(x-post) I'm afraid it seems to be, Fritz. The alternative seems to be endless meta-flamewar threads.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

let me get this straight, the alternative to flame-wars is hanging out with people who call each other cockchokers???

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, perhaps I'm exaggerating a little...

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, you can always leave!

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

What's wrong with the world, mama?

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:25 (twenty-two years ago)

it is different here, now, since the sheriff left town. his deputies tried hard, but the famine was long and hard, and the cold winds bought no joy. the villagers toughened up, though many, from surrounding lands, came to believe the villagers had become cruel. the villagers became feared as some of them became mighty warriors in order to bring back food for their families, as the crops failed for a second successive year. some lament the days before the sherrif left, but others say, looks at our riches, shadrac, look how far we've come! some of the younger ones know only the hard life we live today, but they are strong, and in time, will forget their fathers

― shadrac, (gareth), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Cool!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

http://9thvalkyrie.com/Rennieevents2003/SFbjorn.jpg

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck you, creep.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck you, creep.

-- Fritz Wollner (fritzwollner5...) (webmail), July 26th, 2004 5:38 PM. (Fritz) (later) (link)

is this considered acceptable ILX behaviour these days?

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

why don't you just leave?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I asked you to leave first.

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I was here first.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Was not.

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Monday, 26 July 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Fritz, I got to this story before you.
-- C-Man

Ooooh! That'll teach him to try to steal your thunder.

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 26 July 2004 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I think this thread should be required reading for all new ILXors, kinda like an acid test.

― j.e.r.e.m.y (x Jeremy), Monday, 26 July 2004 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Fritz was here first, actually.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 05:17 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't access gmail, i just get a blank screen - anyone else have this problem?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

S YOU MUST HAVE SOME KIND OF COCKCHOKING VIRUS!!!!! JON WILLIAMS HAD IT A FEW YEARS AGO AND HE HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN CHOKING HIS COCK EVER SINCE.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 09:31 (twenty-two years ago)

btw i had that too i think, when you click refresh it seems to sort it.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 09:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I've had that problem with gmail all along. Sometimes it tells me my computer has to be set up to accept cookies and weirdly, I've found that clearing all my cookies, then refreshing, then logging in, then refreshing again gets me to my messages. This only happens on my work computer. It is extremely annoying to have to clear my cookies, but I can't work out which single one is causing the problem.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

yeh i thought it may be that so i just cleared my cache (deleted temp files but NOT cookies) and it works now

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

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