might have been, but i dont know how many of you people couldnt get on to the site here, but i couldnt all day. i know iam sure glad i dont use google...

How do you know that Google was affected by MyDoom?

/doesn't use Google or any of those other browser based search engines.

Webferret

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Webferret *shakes head*. I don't trust it. *Looks around suspiciously*

what? don't trust WF? what's not to trust? and they call me paranoid!

it's fast, free, no spyware, has 1 poxy Ziff-Davis banner that you don't even notice and covers about a dozen other search engines. I wouldn't use anything else.

Aha! Advertising! No spyware? Shoor .

It's more that WF takes up resources, and must be installed. I prefer external solutions which don't require installation.

i don't think a Ziff-Davis banner really counts as spyware, do you? Especially since it's their product. C'mon be sensible, Esq. And the resource use is minimal, it doesn't even sit in the systray, it's just another on-demand app. And it's faster because it doesn't sit hogging around in a browser (although you can make it browser based if you want.)

Meh, maybe, but it all comes down to personal preference I am REALLY particular about the utils I install (long story).

at least its suppose to be dieing down. Link

You know that's wierd because I watch movies on this site that hosts flash movies. You can leave comments about the movies there but for some reason it said that the comment pages were down O.o. Man alive, no wonder my computer is busted

Google and other search sites were all affected by MyDoom.O or MyDoom.M so sayeth the news and so sayeth Symantec AND McAfee.

MyDoom was not directed at google or any other search engine. It was searching for new domains to infect. Last I heard it is getting names out of address books and then searching for as an example nottheslacker@<any new domain>.

As long as you have installed the critical updates at WindowsUpdate.Microsoft.com you should not have any problems. Else you should be updating your anti-virus software and making sure you are not infected then updating your computer.

If I get any new info I will pass it on. However since my group is not being threatened I doubt that I will hear much more about it.

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