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Twitter may have broke the story, but the increase in search traffic at Google Thursday was first seen as a malware attack Google admitted.

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The Google News site had to shut down briefly leaving a message that read: “We’re sorry, but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now.”

Yahoo saw a record number of unique visitors for a day with 16.4 million visitors. It was also their single most visited story in their history.

 Google Thought Michael Jackson Search Surge Was Malware Attack  Google Thought Michael Jackson Search Surge Was Malware Attack

 Google Thought Michael Jackson Search Surge Was Malware Attack

 

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