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Google search suffers outage
For a period of time today, searches on Google incorrectly reported every Internet site as being unavailable due to the presence of malware.
![krigsman-michael-author.jpg](https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/resize/3e12b94f2810fdd855a6d2de90007db14b694a6b/2019/08/21/20fa0fef-eaac-4c13-8660-6c9ddfbcf9f3/krigsman-michael-author.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&frame=1&height=192&width=192)
For a period of time today, searches on Google incorrectly reported every Internet site as being unavailable due to the presence of malware.
Here's a screen capture of a Google search for ZDNet:
![zdnet-search.jpg](https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/2014/10/03/c4194d87-4b56-11e4-b6a0-d4ae52e95e57/zdnet-search.jpg)
And here's what happens when you try to click the ZDNet link:
I'll update this page when we have more information.
Update 1/31/09, 10:10am EST: Google news and blog searches seem okay. The problem is only with Internet site searches.
Update 1/31/09, 10:30am EST: Everything seems back to normal. That was a serious outage but they repaired it quickly.
[Thanks to Ed Shaz on Twitter for this tip!]