Has Google been hacked?

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Mike T.

I just ran several searches on google, from their "advanced" search page,
and NONE of them gave me any useful links at all.

The last search I ran was for exact phrase "the history of milk chocolate".
I got 184 totally OFF-topic results, which included (my favorite) "used
ultralight aircraft for sale in Australia". Oh, and all the links end in
..pl

It kind of looks like Google has been hacked. -Dave
 
Mike T. said:
I just ran several searches on google, from their "advanced" search page,
and NONE of them gave me any useful links at all.

The last search I ran was for exact phrase "the history of milk
chocolate". I got 184 totally OFF-topic results, which included (my
favorite) "used ultralight aircraft for sale in Australia". Oh, and all
the links end in .pl

It kind of looks like Google has been hacked. -Dave
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You don`t want to go to .pl (=Poland).
Just use the normal google page, Not advanced.
 
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Mike T. said:
It kind of looks like Google has been hacked. -Dave
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X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670

Because of this, and the fact that other people don't seem to be having
the same experience that you have, the most likely solution is that you
have some sort of malware.
 
Mike T. said:
I just ran several searches on google, from their "advanced" search page,
and NONE of them gave me any useful links at all.

The last search I ran was for exact phrase "the history of milk chocolate".
I got 184 totally OFF-topic results, which included (my favorite) "used
ultralight aircraft for sale in Australia". Oh, and all the links end in
.pl

It kind of looks like Google has been hacked. -Dave
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You need to improve your searching skills.

Try searching for ...

milk+chocolate+history

and include the + symbols.
 
Jim said:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670

Because of this, and the fact that other people don't seem to be having
the same experience that you have, the most likely solution is that you
have some sort of malware.
Click to expand...
I agree 110% with this malware issue.
 
Mike said:
I just ran several searches on google, from their "advanced" search page,
and NONE of them gave me any useful links at all.

The last search I ran was for exact phrase "the history of milk chocolate".
I got 184 totally OFF-topic results, which included (my favorite) "used
ultralight aircraft for sale in Australia". Oh, and all the links end in
.pl
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Your settings are screwed up (perhaps the default language). I search
for the exact phrase "the history of milk chocolate" and get following
(from the advanced search, exact phrase)

Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | The lexicography of life... Hans
Sloane - he who gave his name to Sloane Square and by default, its
Sloane rangers - has a place in the history of milk chocolate and
nightly cocoa. ...
books.guardian.co.uk/review/ story/0,12084,799608,00.html - 40k -
Cached - Similar pages - Remove result


How Do You Put Total Paramount Scoops You Possibly Crave Forward ......
put a deck on a jon boat florida medical device york air conditioner
american revolutionary war uniforms the history of milk chocolate
picture birth ... ...
howtoputonacondom.idlycondoms.com/howdoyouput/ - 23k - Cached - Similar
pages - Remove result


milk chocolateHome The history of milk chocolate, which is the first
chocolate made wa introduced to Spain when Christopher Columbus came
back from his voyage in 1502. ...
mmwww.northville.k12.mi.us/ STUDENTS/2009/RogersEm/mlkchoco.htm - 3k -
Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result


Wine Beer Gift Basket - Wine Beer Gift Basket Resources... herpes
christmas tree farms sacramento basket beer gift wine texas home
insurance complaints wine bottle labels the history of milk chocolate
discount . ...
www.winegiftbasketsites.com/winebeergiftbasket/ - 54k - Cached -
Similar pages - Remove result


Hard Hat Clue Forward Hard Hat Effects... violation the mask of zorro
mp3 download mental health hospital custom caps the history of milk
chocolate italian m26m candy charm 12 hr shift ... ...
constructionworkers.quodworkers.com/hardhat/ - 25k - Cached - Similar
pages - Remove result


century center white chocolatethe history of milk chocolate · hot
chocolate with condensed milk · chocolate chess pie recipe · box
yellow chocolate chip cake · chocolate shop online ...
www.bangor-n-mash.info/ century-center---white-chocolate.html - 19k -
Cached - Similar pages - Remove result


Type Of Bad Breath... body ladybug wrapping paper hr quotes type autism
bad breath 2b tongue 2b michigan bowel constipation the history of milk
chocolate custom made hats ... ...
www.stop-bad-breath.net/typeofbadbreath/ - 34k - Cached - Similar pages
- Remove result


Whole Home Audiowhole home audio systems st augustine2c fl macadamia
nut bread charlie and the chocolate factory theatre productions the
history of milk chocolate catholic ...
www.soundwirelessdj.com/homeaudio/wholehomeaudio/ - 29k - Cached -
Similar pages - Remove result


Drug Detoxification and Alcohol Detox Centers, Programs and ...... thc
detox whole foods charlie and the chocolate ... ... and junk food the
history of milk chocolate detoxification retreats recipes olive garden
white . ...
www.detox-center.com/directory/thcdetoxification/ - 47k - Cached -
Similar pages - Remove result


The History Of Milk ChocolateIf you're searching for information about
the history of milk chocolate, we provide the most current and relevant
information available on the internet. ...
www.chocolate-directory.com/chocolate/
29/the-history-of-milk-chocolate.html - 10k - Supplemental Result -
Cached - Similar pages - Remove result
 
Larry said:
Your settings are screwed up (perhaps the default language). I search
for the exact phrase "the history of milk chocolate" and get following
(from the advanced search, exact phrase)
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BTW, if you take "the" off the search, you get even better results
 
Jim Strathmeyer said:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670

Because of this, and the fact that other people don't seem to be having
the same experience that you have, the most likely solution is that you
have some sort of malware.
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OK, well my antivirus software was updated today. I ran a full system scan
with nothing found. I updated ad-aware with the latest definitions today.
It found a few cookies and deleted them. Nothing else was found. I cleared
ALL stored information out of firefox, rebooted the system and tried again.
Again I got mostly results with urls ending in .pl

http://www.google.com/search?q=+"history+of+milk+chocolate"&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&start=30&sa=N

I did get some relevant results, but it is really ODD that most of the
results are off-topic, and hosted in Poland? -Dave
 
I agree 110% with this malware issue.
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Anything's possible. But my antivirus software has completed two sweeps of
the entire system (with today's definition files) and has found nothing.
Ad-aware (with today's definition files) reports nothing. The system sits
behind a hardware and software firewall. It is about as secure as any
windows computer could be, which is to say, NOT VERY. :( -Dave
 
google toolbar installed?
you physically looked in the temp folders and deleted ALL cookies
check your 'hosts' file
 
JAD said:
google toolbar installed?
you physically looked in the temp folders and deleted ALL cookies
check your 'hosts' file
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It has nothing to do with my computer. Someone else ran a search on Google
UK and got the same results. -Dave

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=+"history+of+milk+chocolate"&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&start=20&sa=N

The above is not a search that I ran, it was run on a different computer, on
the UK google web site. Note that most of the results are off-topic, and
hosted in Poland. It's not my equipment, and it's certainly not any
software on my equipment. -Dave
 
Mike T. said:
It has nothing to do with my computer. Someone else ran a search on Google
UK and got the same results. -Dave
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Ok mike But just so you know, Just because 1 2 3 people that run
google UK and got some polish results doesn't constitute a 'hack'.
Furthermore if 1000 people have accessed google UK, and its a 'cookie'
""hack"", then all 1000 people would have been 'hacked'(cookie dropped) and
that has everything to do with ;your; rig as the misdirect is sitting in a
cookie on your harddrive in your machine. That being said, if you cleared it
manually, ya just should have said so..
 
Stan said:
You need to improve your searching skills.
Try searching for ...
milk+chocolate+history
and include the + symbols.
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That's wrong. The plus signs don't make a difference for the above
search in google.

"By default, Google only returns pages that include all of your search
terms. There is no need to include "and" between terms."

The only time that plus signs matter is if you specifically want to
search on "common words" that Google has ignored, like "the", "a",
"where", "how". Moreover, you need to have a space before each plus
sign.

"If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can
include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a
space before the "+" sign.)"

http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=searchguides.html&ctx=basics
 
Mike T. said:
It has nothing to do with my computer. Someone else ran a search on Google
UK and got the same results. -Dave

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=+"history+of+milk+chocolate"&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&start=20&sa=N

The above is not a search that I ran, it was run on a different computer, on
the UK google web site. Note that most of the results are off-topic, and
hosted in Poland. It's not my equipment, and it's certainly not any
software on my equipment. -Dave
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Have you ever heard of "spam farms" ?

If I load up a web page, with megabytes of common phrases, I
can raise the priority of my web site. Now, if I set up a few
thousand web sites like that, perhaps hosted on a small number
of computers, and each one has some adverts on it, I can make
big money by tricking you to click on the link. Usually the
nonsense host name in the URL, is the giveaway that you are
entering a "farm".

A good spam farm will harvest common English phrases right
out of USENET postings. So the more you repeat your common
phrases in USENET, the more likely it is that a spam farm
will add the phrase to their web page.

I find on Altavista, if I do a search that has some relevant
links, the spam farms occur further down the list of returned
results. If I search for something that doesn't occur on a
legitimate site, then all I get is spam farm listings.

The people who run the search engines are aware of
the existence of spam farms (as it fills their server database
with garbage), but it is an ongoing battle between the
"farmers" and the search engine tuners. And the "farmers"
appear to be mostly winning the battle.

This might be a place to start:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_chocolate

HTH,
Paul
 
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