Vicky was googling local trails Saturday morning, when she started getting the following screen for each link she clicked:

Google’s Malware Warning

This is the screen Google provides when it detects a website as having maleware, which is a great service, but why was every link coming up malicious? I ran some searches myself. The White House and Wikipedia were showing up bad:

WhiteHouse.gov has Malware

Microsoft was showing up bad, which kinda makes sense if you consider Vista:

Microsoft.com has Malware

Even this blog was suspect!

ideonexus.com has Malware

But kittens??? Why kittens??? What did kittens every do to anyone???

Kitten Sites have Malware

It was obviously just a bug in Google’s application, and cleared up in fifteen minutes, but it was a fun moment of chaos, as Google blocked access to every link it provided. When something like this happens to a major godlike web-presence like Google, it’s worth documenting.