Originally Posted by amazonian

I got 403 "forbidden" errors on all but the first link. For a few weeks now on most, but not all, of my searches, I've been required to type in a code to continue the search. Ostensibly my "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."

I don't get it. How could my search for certain phrases hurt Google? It's not like I'm Adsense spamming! I suspect it has something to do with the way my McAfee virus protection software has been loading lately (or not), but what damn business is it of Google's?