Ahhh, this bit of info, and the info just looked at from our Websense logs make some sense, got one particular computer that has had a very high number of google searches today.
The searches we were doing to test were pretty basic like Windows Updates, Windows 7, that kind of thing...... Thanks guys, this should answer the question that my manager will be asking, so he's going to have the answers before he asks ;) And once again, this list has made me look like an absolutely brilliant admin!!! You guys rock!! On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]>wrote: > Google flagged your IP with their mysterious system for identifying bots > that search to drive up page rankings. There is nothing you can do but wait > it out, it will clear in 24 hours or so. > > > > It just happens, no one really know why. > > > > > > > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2009 3:58 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Google Search Issues? > > > > Just curious to see if anyone else comes up with this same thing. All of > us here in my office have gone to www.google.com and typed in different > search phrases and all received the same type of message from Google: > "We're sorry....but your query looks similar to automated requests from a > computer virus or spyware ......" Then a captcha below the verbage to > enter, which when done, gives the results of the search. Then any subsquent > searches sometimes work, and sometimes go back to the same message.... > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
