Google Maps Not Working - Our 2 weeks of fun

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Google Maps Not Working - Our 2 weeks of fun

Post by luckdogscrew » 15 August 07 9:49 am

We have just spent the last two weeks without Google Maps, At first thinking that there was a problem at google, Our google searches did not work correcly either (They had the first 4-5 items being strange results). Eventually we worked out it was not a problem with google (Hey this would have been all over the media) so it must be a problem with us.

We ran the virus checker and it reported no virus's, We got another virus checker and still no report of viruses. Eventually after a bit of research we run a spyware scan. And it reported 11 infections, two which effect Google searches and Google Maps.

A useful link is the following its a web based spyware scan, It does not remove the spyware automatically but it does report any you may have. You can then either remove them manually, or get a spyware removal tool. (I am sure there are many other options but this was one that seemed to work well)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pestscan.aspx

So it looks like its time to not only have a virus scanner running, But a Spyware scanner running as well. (Or switch to Apple/Linux!).

Hope this helps anybody who may get the same problem.

Luck Dogs Crew

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