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One slash flagged the whole web

Name: One slash flagged the whole web
Uploaded: 2026-10-27T09:01:38.000Z
Duration: 2 min 39 s
Channel: Himanshu Kukreja
Description: How a single '/' checked into Google's list of harmful sites matched every URL and put a malware warning on each and every search result for about 40 minutes on 31 January 2009.

How a single '/' checked into Google's list of harmful sites matched every URL and put a malware warning on each and every search result for about 40 minutes on 31 January 2009.

01 · Every result, flagged

"This site may harm your computer.".

Every result: a malware warning

31 January 2009.