Nov 27, 2007
My Digital Life Editorial Team

We’re Sorry Google Error

Sometimes when using various Google services such as Google search engine to search the web or Google Translate to translate text or web page to your native language, you may occasionally encounter a Google Error message which saying “We’re Sorry” with the following text.

We’re Sorry…

… but your query looks similar to to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now.

We’ll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we’ll see you again on Google.

Google Error

The symptom appears to happen when you’ve over-utilize or overuse the Google service or server, or Google has detected that the system network IP address that you’re currently using has been trying to abuse Google service knowingly by trying too many times too fast, or unknowingly by malicious software on your computer. In any case, you won’t be able to use main Google sites for a period of time.

When Google ban your IP address, usually the ban will last for about 24 hours. So the solution for this particular Google Error is to wait after 24 hours and try to use Google service again.

If you need to access and use Google immediately, the workaround is to try to use your ISP proxy server to access Google (or if you’re currently using proxy server to surf, try to remove proxy and use direct connection to Internet instead). You can also try to use a web proxy service as used by many to access blocked MySpace or visit access restricted website.

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8 Comments

  • This happens to me while looking through images on google. I find it very annoying. I switch to bing when it happens and go about my search there. I think it would be wise for google to fix this to retain users.

  • Consider it as a Google FEATURE

  • This response is caused by using google's advanced syntax. they least like

    site:

    Most recently

    intitle:

    is giving google's panties a twist.

    Instead, try

    inurl:

    or

    +

    (the 'plus symbol')

  • This problem has also been caused by using alternate DNS servers like OpenDNS. If you change your DNS back to the ones automatically given out by your ISP's DHCP servers – this will sometimes clear up this problem.

  • ciao ragazzi, è da un bel po di tempo che ho questo problema con "google translate" ma non capisco il motivo, ho provato tutti i mezzi per cercare di rimediare eliminando i coockie da internet e anche utilizzando vari programmi di antivirus per eliminare qualora stesse un problema nel mio pc, ma l'antivirus non ha rilevato nullo di cio, io sto aspettando che si sistemi specialmente google translate per lavoro e inviare email, e da 7 o 8 giorni che aspetto ma nulla sono anche passate 24 ore ma non succede nulla.. cosa devo fare? vi prego rispondetemi per di piu volevo contattare direttamente google ma non dispone di un email per la risoluzione di qualche problema.

    vi prego rispondetemi su questo indirizzo msn/email: jacksoniano_fv@hotmail.it

    grazie

    federico

    jacksoniano_fv@hotmail.it

  • en ce qui me concerne le blocage google n'étant du à aucun abus vu que je l'utilise que pour la recherche de mes achats en ligne , he bien appréciant peu ce flicage déplaisant qui bloque aussi bien sur windows que linux ; je suis passé sur yahoo !!!

  • thank you i did not understand what this meant ..they finally got a language translator i could use and have been using it all day and now i get cut off. what is the point?

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