What's up with Google?

[NoOp]

On 07/05/2007 08:09 AM, Joseph Brouhard wrote:
> Actually, this may or may not be specifically Ubuntu related, but I
> discovered the problem using Ubuntu, and hadn't checked it on any other
> OS yet.
> 
> WTF is up with Google? I tried to do a Google search just now only to be
> greeted by a 403 error that said my system may be infected. Hey! This is
> Ubuntu! It has no viruses, since I only get my apps from trusted
> sources, the Ubuntu repos and official web sites. I have tried with
> firefox 2 and the firefox 3 alpha build as well as links, lynx and w3m.
> All give me the same 403 page telling me that it looks like my system is
> infected. The only way I was able to do a Google search was by signing
> into my gmail account and searching from there. Has anyone else noticed
> this strange behaviour? Is it just me? Could my system actually be
> infected somehow as unlikely as that seems? Should I be typing in
> something for the URL other than www.google.com now in order to bypass
> this rather alarming message? And lastly, doesn't Google realise how
> many people they may be needlessly frightening by posting such a page,
> especially the Windows users of the world?
> 
> Peace and long life,
> Lorenzo
> 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=google+%2B%22403+error%22
indicates that it's a Google problem.