* Posts by Roger Greenhalgh

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Google mistakes entire web for malware

Roger Greenhalgh

An erroneous wildcard : Google explains all

Well, such is the devastating power of the wildcard...

Google has provided an official explanation...

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-site-may-harm-your-computer-on.html

It seems that their update file of malware-suspected sites contained a wildcard typo, a "/" that effectively meant "everything"! Human error, easily overlooked, I guess....