17 replies to this topic

[delivi]

To me this error seems to be due to the over requests being sent from your school network. Google is the most commonly used Search engine and online web service provider. So to make sure that everyone is able to access Google, Google limits and monitors the bandwidth used by an IP address. So the requests sent to google from your scool network has exceeded the limits Google has allocated to your School's IP address. So google sugessted that it may be due to an AdWare or SpyWare installed in your Network. This is also another way used by Google to protect itself from DDoS attacks.

[dundun2007]

Its happened to me once before in school as well, although it has never happened to my pc, i think it must have something to do with the computers network, because everyone was starting to get that message that visited google. Maybe it was just not detected the right settings and thought it must be a virus.

I'll have to ask someone about it tomarrow and see if they know anything about it. I am guessing its just nothing and can be ignored, but you never know it could be a very serious problem.

[gameratheart]

What it is, is that google is being asked for search results so many times from one place, that it set off a red flag. They have stopped searching from your domain automatically because they feel all these requests could not have been done by one network. It is not a joke or a bug.

Just type the string as it said and there you go.

It may be annoying, but it helps keep things under control for the website, and helps to make sure that people don't make spyware with the intent to flood google so it shuts down. The code is just to make sure you're a human being doing a simple search. (Most spyware and bots noways can't read images to figure out codes. A few can, but people are being more cleverer with them).

Edited by gameratheart, 30 November 2006 - 08:42 PM.

[trace-uk]

Yeah, they're just trying to avoid spammers. your netwrok probobly uses google alot and if there's enough traffic then google will try you out from time to time.

[uiop]

I've gotten this message before AT HOME! I have no idea how that happened because I didn't have a virus, but from what I've read the previous posters are correct:
If Google sees to many requests coming from one IP address then they will require you to enter a code that a virus couldn't read to continue using their service. They do this to keep a clear network line and limit DDOSing.

[wariorpk]

Google did not really say that you had a virus. They were just saying that someone in your area sent too many searches more or less. Do not worry about it. I have gotten this message before and I run full scans with my whole bad file destruction arsenal and there was nothing. Scan to be safe if you are at home but if not just wait a minute or so and try again.

[Dooga]

It's not a joke, I've seen it before. Just refresh the page. Problem solved.

I doubt you have a virus, perhaps your browser is requesting the page too quick, and Google doesn't like too many requests .

[Goth_Punk]

Im very sorry 2 say this but google has issues!!