> > I've had my google search attempts blocked by google - I > get a page saying that I'm a bot searching google and to > check my machine for viruses and spyware. > > Now, my logs don't show any excessive google access, and > iptraf on the firewall can't find any either. Anyone else > come across this?
You aren't alone: http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-02-02 Scroll down to the "To Google, you are malware" section. >From the text: "Our testing shows that this behavior isn't automatically triggered - there appears to be a sliding scale (searches per minute per IP?) that causes this to activate. This is an apparent reaction to recent PHP web-application based malware using Google to find targets, and I can't say I disagree with their tactics in this case. What do the ISC readers think?" What are you searching for? Regards Daniel
