Weird Google search results

Lately, I’ve been seeing some super weird sites popping up in my Google searches.
Most of the time I have my language set to English, but it keeps happening anyway.

Just two screenshots here to show what I mean—even with English selected.

Is this some kind of virus, an issue with Google, my settings, or something else entirely?

Which browser are you using? You might want to check if some random plugin or extension moved in without an invite.

Maybe run a full system scan with Norton

Christian Wells3 said:... I mostly set my search language to English, but it happens regardless ...
...English was selected as the search language ...
...is this a virus, Google, a settings issue, or something else entirely?

Typing forum.com (Chrome, Google.com with English settings) yields similar results:



It looks like (Google's) translation of all results—likely because the option that works like this wasn't used:

'show only results in English'

so instead, all results are being shown
(but since the search language is set to English, non-English results are just being translated into English)

fadedorca66 said:Which browser you using? Might wanna check if some sketchy plugin or extension moved in on you.

Run a full scan with Norton

Chrome, fully updated. Only got AdBlock Plus installed.
Norton didn't find a thing, same goes for my antivirus

coppersailor28 said:Searching for forum.com (Chrome, Google.com with settings set to English) gives me similar results:



Looks like (Google's) translation of all the results—probably because they didn't use the option that looks something like this:

'show only results in English'

so it ends up showing everything
(but since the search language is set to English, non-English results just show up translated into English)

Couldn't find that setting, just this one:

It’s not about some malware or messed up settings. That search query just pulls up next to nothing useful. You get a couple of decent hits at first, then it’s just pure garbage...