SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Google said that for nearly an hour on Saturday, users got an erroneous message when they did searches on many sites, saying, 'This site may harm your computer.'
The problem began at 6:30 a.m. (1430 GMT) and ended at 7:25 a.m.
'What happened? Very simply, human error,' the company said on its blog. Google said it flags search results with the message when a site is known to install malicious software. Instead, many other sites were affected.
A detailed explanation is available at the company's site, googleblog.blogspot.com.
(Reporting by David Lawsky; Editing by Xavier Briand) Keywords: GOOGLE/MESSAGE (E-mail david.lawsky@thomsonreuters.com; Phone +1 415 677 2505; Reuters Messaging david.lawsky.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The problem began at 6:30 a.m. (1430 GMT) and ended at 7:25 a.m.
'What happened? Very simply, human error,' the company said on its blog. Google said it flags search results with the message when a site is known to install malicious software. Instead, many other sites were affected.
A detailed explanation is available at the company's site, googleblog.blogspot.com.
(Reporting by David Lawsky; Editing by Xavier Briand) Keywords: GOOGLE/MESSAGE (E-mail david.lawsky@thomsonreuters.com; Phone +1 415 677 2505; Reuters Messaging david.lawsky.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.