Can google detect virus/spyware?

[kindablue09]

Whenever I try to access google through Firefox (but not Safari) I get a message saying that I have virus/spyware on my computer and google doesn't want me. I only run os 10.5.6. Is it possible for me to have a virus that google can detect? How should I look into this?

 

[ElectroGhandi]

Whenever I try to access google through Firefox (but not Safari) I get a message saying that I have virus/spyware on my computer and google doesn't want me. I only run os 10.5.6. Is it possible for me to have a virus that google can detect? How should I look into this?

Post a screenshot, please. Command+Shift+3

 

[kindablue09]

Here it is, although I should mention I run an ad block add on. Although I disabled it & the problem still subsisted.

 

[r.j.s]

No, Google is just telling you that your search looks like an automated one they see a lot. I've had it happen before, and usually, just hitting back and searching again will give you your results.

 

[Consultant]

You probably installed something in firefox that messed it up or some kind of redirect to a fake antivirus page.

Use Safari.

THERE ARE NO VIRUSES on OSX.

Since there are no viruses, anti-virus cannot determine what is a virus at this time.

Giz Explains: Why OS X Shrugs Off Viruses Better Than Windows
http://i.gizmodo.com/5101337/giz-explains-why-os-x-shrugs-off-viruses-better-than-windows

The Mac Malware Myth
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/01/29/the-mac-malware-myth/

The Unavoidable Malware Myth
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/...-apple-wont-inherit-microsofts-malware-crown/

Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bit security
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/16/road_to_mac_os_x_snow_leopard_64_bit_security.html

 

[angelwatt]

Make sure to check your home page settings (assuming your home page is Google). Perhaps a web site changed it for you.

 

[A La Fizzykil]

This usually happens when, as mentioned above, your homepage gets changed where it is routing you through a different site, like a proxy, then to google.

Using a proxy, like hidemyass.com, will usually generate this error in Google as well.

 

[kindablue09]

Found It!

Thanks all for the advice. Turns out it was my school's network that Google didn't like. My school's IT claims it has something to do with preparing for tomorrow's conflicker scare. Google apparently read something about our network that looked like viral/spyware to it.

Makes me glad I use a mac.