Google banning ubuntuforums?

[flurdy]

Searching for ubuntuforums in google,
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&q=site%3Aubuntuforums.org,
google responds with 403 forbidden and a warning about viruses!?!?

However by removing the num=20 (how many links per page) the query works fine. Looks like a caching problem by google.

How odd.

It did get me concerned for a few secs, then I remembered Im not using Windows.

[earobinson]

weird, no clue whats going on http://www.google.com/search?num=20&q=site%3Aibm.com works however

[flurdy]

Weird init?

In case google fixes it, this is what google (http://www.ivar.co.uk/cargo/googleban.png) is currently responding with when searching for ubuntuforums

[flurdy]

Google dont like forums,
This doesnt work either
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&q=site%3Amathforum.org

[earobinson]

maybe the forum search is bugged Im not worried google will fix this.

[megamania]

works perfectly for me...

[flurdy]

works perfectly for me...

Does it really?

What url did you use?

Everyone ive spoken today has the same problem

[earobinson]

Weird, Will try it when I get home, right now im on a large windows network.

[majikstreet]

flurdy,
there is a thread about this somewhere on the forums... the bug also is found when you type "phpbb" into the firefox search bar in linux..

[earobinson]

flurdy,
there is a thread about this somewhere on the forums... the bug also is found when you type "phpbb" into the firefox search bar in linux..
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=101742&highlight=phpbb thats the thread

[Goddess_of_Linux]

I can get the follow a okay...
-Fedora Forum
-Linux Forums
-Ubuntu Forums
-Winguides.com/forums which is under Windows Forums Google Search
-Forums.techguy.org
-and lots more...

I am currently using windows and fedora and ubuntu and OS-X, all of them seem to work...

[GreyFox503]

I went to Google myself and queried "ubuntuforums" and "ubuntuforums.org" and both gave me correct results.

[flurdy]

I went to Google myself and queried "ubuntuforums" and "ubuntuforums.org" and both gave me correct results.

You didnt read the post.
That has worked fine all along.

But if you search for site:ubuntuforums.org
(which returns all pages within ubuntuforums.org)
and specify you want 20 rows/links/pages returned per page,
then it wont work.
The final url will be
/search?num=20&q=site%3Aubuntuforums.org

and if you replace ubuntuforums with other forum sites it also foobars

[M3ta7h3ad]

Searching for ubuntuforums in google,
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&q=site%3Aubuntuforums.org,
google responds with 403 forbidden and a warning about viruses!?!?

However by removing the num=20 (how many links per page) the query works fine. Looks like a caching problem by google.

How odd.

It did get me concerned for a few secs, then I remembered Im not using Windows.

Someone on your subnet or rather several computers on your subnet have been infected by a worm. Google protects itself against dDos attacks and what not by banning searches from an entire subnet for a short period of time. I believe you can find out more info on the help pages at google.

Its not implying that you have a virus, its just someone/or several people on your subnet has one. :)

[unkemptwolf]

Ubuntuforums uses phpbb (unless I am mistaken). That means that what youre seeing is most likely related to this:

Virus for PHPBB Spreads via Google (http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/12/21/santy_worm_spreads_through_phpbb_forums.html)

[ubuntu-geek]

Ubuntuforums uses phpbb (unless I am mistaken). That means that what youre seeing is most likely related to this:

Virus for PHPBB Spreads via Google (http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/12/21/santy_worm_spreads_through_phpbb_forums.html)

We use Vbulletin, however over a year ago we used phpbb for about 3 weeks. All my google tests worked fine.

[flurdy]

Someone on your subnet or rather several computers on your subnet have been infected by a worm. Google protects itself against dDos attacks and what not by banning searches from an entire subnet for a short period of time. I believe you can find out more info on the help pages at google.

Its not implying that you have a virus, its just someone/or several people on your subnet has one. :)

:rolleyes:
yes that is what one would think, however as it affects everyone,
it is more related to google protecting itself from phpBB in general and not peoples subnet.

[flurdy]

We use Vbulletin, however over a year ago we used phpbb for about 3 weeks. All my google tests worked fine.

Probably not long enough for google to derive you were using phpBB, or perhaps the phpBB worm was not a problem then.