Was I hacked?
November 25, 2011 4:37 PM   Subscribe

Why did google.com change to google.ne on my laptop?

I cannot go to google.com now. It automatically does to google.ne. I don't speak Dutch. Help!
posted by Linnee to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)
 
.ne is nigeria, not holland (.nl). Doesn't really solve your problem.

Try using a different browser, see what happens.
posted by empath at 4:40 PM on November 25, 2011


Best answer: Here's google's fix for the problem.
posted by empath at 4:42 PM on November 25, 2011


(Niger, not Nigeria which has .ng.)
posted by mendel at 5:42 PM on November 25, 2011


Response by poster: My bad. It was nl.
Thanks empath.
posted by Linnee at 5:48 PM on November 25, 2011


Looks like empath's link has a fix. As to "why," are you using any kind of Tor or proxy server or VPN or anything? I convinced Google I was in Germany once by doing that.
posted by drjimmy11 at 5:49 PM on November 25, 2011


this should work too

http://www.google.com/ncr
posted by yoyo_nyc at 11:49 AM on November 26, 2011


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