Apparently Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, and Overture are all under attack by a version of the MyDoom Virus.
MSN Search is working.
Latest MyDoom search engine use
(initial analysis. more details, and eventual corrections, will be posted as they become available)
The latest version of MyDoom, which started arriving in peoples mail boxes in force today, uses search eninges to find more recipients for its message.
Once the virus is started, it searched the users files for domain names. Once it spotted a domain name (e.g. ‘@example.com’, or in ‘www.example.com’), it will search various search engines for valid e-mail addresses within these domains. These search engines include Lycos, Google, Altavista, Yahoo and possibly others. Some of the search strings used:
GET /default.asp?lpv=1&loc=searchhp&tab=web&query=e-mail example.com
Some search engines report performance issues.
Dear Sir,
In india, google working properly.
paavan
The odd thing is that the auxiliary Google services (news, groups, images, Froogle, local, most of the beta stuff) works fine. AV is very, very slow, Lycos returns a ‘Server Too Busy’ error, but Yahoo seems to be fine. Teoma, Hotbot, Jeeves, Dogpile and the other minnows don’t seem to be affected. A pretty well coordinated attack, though.. bringing Google to its knees on its IPO announcement day. I wonder if that’s a coincidence?
Google has been off-line here for at least 90 minutes, I’m in Stamford, Lincs, UK
I’ve just tryed the indian version http://www.google.co.in and it’s down too.
I’m working in a Corporate, we’re receaving emails maybe MyDoom related.
No official desclaim so far. I couldn’t find no news in CNN, Reuters…
ZDNet and The SearchEngineJournal seams to be the only source of information so far.
Regards.
PS: Is it Global?
Google has been down all morning here in Chicago:
Server Error
The service you requested is not available at this time.
Service error -27.
The must odd thing is that in my IE the Google Toolbar is gone!!!
Un Virús afecta Google y Yahoo!
Parece que en el día de hoy un virús está afectando a Google, Yahoo!, Altavista y Overture. Se trata de una variante de MyDoom. Más información: BBC Andy Beal Search Engine Journal Hilos abiertos en foros: Search Engine Watch Xeoweb Foro buscadores…
Take that, you BIG GORILLA!!!!
New Virus Brings Down Google and Yahoo Search Engines
This latest attack of the MyDoom virus caused a shock to the World Wide Web by bringing down major search engines to include Yahoo and Google.
I can’t use right now Google to search. I am searching with MonsterCrawler. My ISP told me it could be a virus, but he doesn’t know which.
I am in the Far East and it is now 10:03 a.m. of Sept. 5, 2004 Sunday.
Please someone tell me how to rid my computer of this virus that keeping Google out. It has happened before several times and I thought it was my ISP…
This is great, look forward to looking into every area. Thanks for being there.