How One Typo Destroyed Thousands Of Computers | Goggle.com

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[nationsquid]

The *SPIRIT* of *GOGGLE* is messing with the *AUDIO* of this VIDEO! *GET OUT* WHILE YOU CAN!
HINT: *Turn on SUBTITLES!* ;)
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[ao]

That audio glitch segment was legitimately unsettling. It was timed so well I really thought my phone was freaking out

[roseyAlina]

It’s crazy how the audio cut is so brilliantly done, perfectly fits with the video topic, AND catches everyone off guard while being a COMPLETE accident

[littlemrsmods]

The audio bugging literally scared the shit out of me

[Some__Guy]

I still find it hard to believe the audio glitch was accidental. Partly because you can still hear a low sound that seems like it would come straight out of a horror movie to ramp up tension, but also because the silent section has a lot of darkness, and glitching, and even a kind of weird unsettling close up of the guy's face in a dark room. And then of course the too-perfect timing of it cutting back in at "Or was this all just a coincidence?"

[bobstevenson]

Using the internet was so scary as a kid. I’m not sure how I didn’t accidentally brick more computers than I did with all the random sites I visited and the lack of security at the time. Now Ublock origin is usually enough to avoid everything.

[AEleven]

Don't know if the glitching around 6 minutes in is intentional, but it did get me. I was like "wait I'm not still dreaming, right?"

Edit: I get it, I get it, it was intentional! Some of you are funny, but stop! The pinned comment was edited, I don't think it originally mentioned the fact that it was intentional (Guess there's no way to prove that, just take my word for it).

Edit number two: oh my god i hate you, NationSquid, I'm calling you out with the power of one of the most popular comments on this video! (lol)

[Syreyup]

The fact that the audio cuts back in on the line "or was this all just a coincidence" is both terrifying and hilarious

[southernflatland]

I had actually just recently built a computer for my friend when goggle was a thing. Within just a couple days or so, he told me his system got infected due to that very typo.

Lucky him he hadn't been using it very long and didn't have any private data on it just yet. I went ahead and reinstalled XP for free for him, and we both learned a hard lesson that day.

[lauravturner]

I just realised that kids born after 2011 will never realise how real those parodies of unescapeable viruses and pop-ups were to those of us using PCs in 2005.

[voidangel]

i was 7 when goggle was a big scare. i had just started using the computer on my own / without constant supervision.. the sheer amount of times that my mom told me “make sure you type google and not goggle” was insane. so… this video extremely entertained me.

[empty_space_]

Imagine someone was actually looking for stores to buy goggles at 💀

[GFR_GamerFrastyRobloxian]

6:33 "and only guard stinks further"😵😵
6:35 " google was explo---ding"
6:28 "this was a ver- this was a very important year for google"
6:22 "and got it's name form splo-ding" 💀💀
6:41 "this was a- this was a-" cuts off
7:42 "or this was just a coincidence"
10:04 BonziBuddy installed?!?!!?

[vamp-shy]

i recall being in typing classes in kindergarten when goggle was in its hayday. the amount of posters warning about it at the time in my school’s computer lab was real. i witnessed a kid beside me mistype goggle into a searchbar in the effort to look up the website we were using for the typing program, and the amount of panic that took over in the few teachers we had acting as supervisors was insane. iirc, a few of the popups even had some robotic voice reading off the text on them at an insanely loud volume, so the teachers had to turn off the speakers manually to the computer while they tried to fix it, and the poor kid was so confused they were bawling. this video was a throwback for sure, thank you!

[MathieuGuimondMorganti]

I remember our computer got infected with the Spy Sheriff ransomware from that website at that time.

I emailed the malware authors asking them nicely to fix our computer, and weirdly enough, they did! They emailed me back with a free license key to remove the ransomware... Who would've thought?

I can confirm that, in my experience, the website acted exactly like it did in that McAfee commercial (minus the dramatic music lol). It used some kind of exploit kit to take over the computer and install the Spy Sheriff ransomware within seconds, without any user interaction.

Spy Sheriff wasn't your run-of-the-mill rogue AV either... It completely locked down your computer until you paid the license fee. It was effectively an early form of ransomware rather than mere scareware, like most other rogue AVs.

[slayzote]

I love listening to computer breaking glitches from the 2000s XD


edit: 10klikes thank you much =D

[voicedtunic]

i love how the captions carry on with the normal script while the audio cuts out, making it more beleivable

[two_another]

People don’t give the modern internet enough credit for greatly evading issues like this meanwhile one wrong click in the 2000s would render your family computer useless

[qqtv]

After learning from your new video today that the glitch was a mistake, I came back and I’m flawed how perfect that part was as a pure coincidence, an act of fate…and then straight after you say “or was all that just a coincidence?”. And the meta thing is that, yes it really was! One of the coolest coincidences I’ve seen in a while, the universe really aligned for you that day buddy :))

[violetzebra]

For anyone who didn't read the pinned comment, the audio glitch was on purpose. Subtitles still have that portion of the video, so it's suggested you turn them on!