We’re Sorry… but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now.
Well guess what Google? I’m sorry! I’m sorry that I have stopped using your search engine due to the fact that your search engine is the only one that makes me enter a captcha.
Why is it that Google can’t tell the difference between me, and a computer virus or spyware application. Granted I do a lot of search engine inquiries… perhaps I do more than the average Joe, but why must I enter a new captcha every two to three times I enter a query into Google? Why would Google have me enter a captcha to prove that I am not doing anything malicious at their expense, and then pretend like I’m up to no-good five minutes later? Makes absolutely no sense to me…
Does this happen to anyone else as often as it does to me? Or, does Google hate me? Whether or not Google hates me doesn’t much matter to me at this stage, because I hate Google! At least their stupid search engine! And I mean stupid! Who has ever heard of a computer program telling a human that they think that they’re a computer program?
Anyways… I’ve said my piece.
Oh, by the way Google… Yahoo! and MSN return better, more relevant results anyways!
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 pm
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May 7th, 2008 at 6:50 am
It seems to be getting worse too - I used to get once a month or so and now its once a week - I wasn’t sure if it had to do with the ISP - but as u say yahoo seems unaffected - Iquite like using dogpile too
July 16th, 2008 at 9:21 am
i just tried to go on google and it told me this , but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. how can remove it and is it permanent???
pls help me i am very worried
July 17th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
No it is not permanent. The message will stop, but first you have to stop running any SERPs checking software. It is against Google’s TOS to use their system to run any programs that checks your website’s positioning for specific search terms.
I have stopped doing this, shortly after writing this post, and haven’t received the Google warning since.
Hope this helps!
September 20th, 2008 at 10:39 am
First time it happened to me. I’ve been using google since I learned how to use the internet. My brother wanted an apple iphone so I tried to search for it and maybe compare prices and then this warning came up. I was so alarmed because it says there might be spyware or something and I just bought an item online with my credit card. I’m using yahoo to be clarified of this issue but all the sites I stumbled into are webmaster territory and I can’t understand what they’re talking about. Some say it has to do with firefox (i’m using firefox and internet explorer and it’s the same, can’t access google), some say it’s the one searching at fault because he is spamming whatever it is he is spamming. Any explanation? Do I have a spyware on my computer?
November 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Interesting, so it only happens if you use the SERPs scanning software? I have never encountered the problem, granted I never use any software like that.
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