What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Do a search
2. characters such as : and ( will appear as their URL encoded versions in
the search

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A search result with copies of The Bible. Instead I get this:
Your search - -inurl%3A%28htm%7Chtml%7Cphp%29 intitle%3A%22index of%22
%2B%22last modified%22 %2B%22parent directory%22 %2Bdescription %2Bsize
%2B%28.doc%7C.rtf%7C.pdf%29 %22The Bible%22 - did not match any documents. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1.6 on Mac OS X

Please provide any additional information below.

when i search anything the program dont show the results in firefox

im using linux 7.10 (gutsy gibbon) and 7.04 (feisty fawn) with latest
updates and my default internet browser is firefox


Sorry with my bad english

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. running ./GoogleHacks


What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

seg faults in terminal

gui shows a a window for about a second.

"Failed Assertion: 4
Press OK to Continue
Press Cancel to Quit.

Please report what caused this error
along with the information below.

../Common/dump.cpp: 99
Failure Condition: 0
overwrote start of block"


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.4 Linux binary on an updated Ubuntu 7.04


Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open the program
2. Type ANY letter number or symbol on your keyboard
3. Error will popup

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Box with text "Runtime Failure: Failure Assertion. Please report what caused 
this error along with 
the information below. 

dump.cpp:132

[Quit]/[Okay]

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

google hacks 1.6 on OSX 10.4.9 with an intel core duo @ 1.8 ghz and 2GB of ram

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. install googleHacks 1.6
2. error message pops ups
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
popup message: reinstall vKERNEL32.dll

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.6 on xp

Please provide any additional information below.
the portable version works, so it is not that important for me.
thx

Please add a applications option with RAR, ZIP, and EXE. thanks.
That it does not have this feature is a issue.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Type in any search query.
2. Click Search.


What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to see some kind of results, but nothing is there.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.6, Ubuntu Linux 7.10

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open up GH1,6
2. search for music
3. ibcluding ogg

What is the expected output?
q=-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent 
directory" +description +size +(.mp3|.wma|.ogg) "metallica Seek and 
Destroy"

What do you see instead?
q=-inurl%3A%28htm%7Chtml%7Cphp%29 intitle%3A%22index of%22 %2B%22last 
modified%22 %2B%22parent directory%22 %2Bdescription %2Bsize %2B
%28.mp3%7C.wma%7C.ogg%29 %22metallica Seek and Destroy%22

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.6 on Mac OS X Tiger

Please provide any additional information below.
I use Opera 9.64

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Type something into the text field
2. Use the keyboard shortcut for select all or try to use the grayed-out
option from the Edit menu
3. nothing happens

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
all text should be selected. instead nothing happens

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1.6 on Mac OS X

Please provide any additional information below.

There is NOTHING aggravating than having to repeat ones self time after dam 
time. EVERY time I close and Re-Open or restart and Re-open Google Hacks 1.6.2 
(MOST recent version!!)
A Goddam Popup appears "UPDATE?"
 Newer Version is Available. Visit Website?
I click NO! NO! NO! Time after Effing Time!

Does this happen to everyone? Whens the Patch coming?


Its the NEWEST Version acording to version 1.6.2 Site it brings me too.
I am using Windows XP w/ FF


ANy ideas to FIX this would be WONDERFUL!!

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. get a sandisk u3 cruzer flash drive
2. click on add programs
3. select the U3 version file

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
it is expected to install the program. instead it says it failed to install
the program

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
windows XP

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install the newest version, v1.6
2. Continues to prompt for new version install

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It shouldn't be pestering me every time it's launched

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1.6 on Windows XP

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. "A new version is available. Visit website?"
2. X out of the window
3. The process will still be open in Task Manager
4. Try to run the installer for a new version, and you will get an error,
as the process is currently being used

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The process should end, but doesn't. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1.6 on Windows XP

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. install it on a sandisk flash memory and it will fail, 
saying in the log that the version is incorrect
2. From the U3 launchpad Add this program from the Computer

3. an obscure error make the installer fail

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Please use labels and text to provide additional information.

SOLUTION:
modify the first 3 lines of manifest.u3i to be:


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<u3manifest version="1.0">
    <application uuid="033A1189-A3A7-46ED-8DA4-B48AAEBAD125" version="1.0">

I've run "./GoogleHacks" but it told me 
"./GoogleHacks: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
Could you tell me how to install libstdc++.so.5 ? (there is only 6 edition
in the offical sources)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Runing.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
GoogleHacks 1.6 on Linux
OS : Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (i386)

Please provide any additional information below.
None.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Search for "The Beatles" (this happens with Search Strings consisting of two 
words, with single 
word Search Strings it is ok)
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
If you put "The Beatles"  Type "Music" File Types mp3 and wma in Google Hacks 
you get:

Your search - -inurl%3A%28htm%7Chtml%7Cphp%29 intitle%3A%22index of%22 
%2B%22last 
modified%22 %2B%22parent directory%22 %2Bdescription %2Bsize 
%2B%28.mp3%7C.wma%29 
%22the beatles%22 - did not match any documents. 

If you do the same with this String in Google:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" 
+description +size 
+(wma|mp3) "the Beatles"

it works fine

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Google Hacks 1.6 Mac OS 10.4.11

Please provide any additional information below.

The homepage says that it's released under GPL v2, but the License.txt in
the source code is anything but the GPL.  The License.txt sounds more like
BSD or CC attribution.  Please clarify in one or both places.

When downloading the package, my antivirus (F-Secure 2008) displayed a
warning. (cf. screenshot). Is it a known problem related to the antivirus,
or is it a real alert ?

thanks

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Enter  ' intitle:"'";" ' (remove single quote) string in google search 
   text field 
2. Click on 'Search'button 


Result: 
------
           Blank page is displayed instead of pulling out some data.


On what operating system - Windows XP

Can u make the program to remember its last position before last close?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. click search button
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
nothing happens
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Linux - Ubuntu 7.10

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Enter "K歌之王" into search box
2. Choose "Music"
3. Click "Search"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected output:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=-inurl%3A%28htm%7Chtml%7Cphp%
29+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%2B%22last+modified%22+%2B%22parent+directory%
22+%2Bdescription+%2Bsize+%2B%28.mp3%7C.wma%29+%22K%E6%AD%8C%E4%B9%8B%E7%
8E%8B%22&btnG=Search

(Find results succcessfully)

See instead:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=-inurl%3A%28htm%7Chtml%7Cphp%
29+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%2B%22last+modified%22+%2B%22parent+directory%
22+%2Bdescription+%2Bsize+%2B%28.mp3%7C.wma%29+%
22K=E6=AD=8C=E4=B9=8B=E7=8E=8B%22

(No results return)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.6
Windows XP SP2

Please provide any additional information below.
IE8 beta 1

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open Google Hacks
2. Run any search
3. See error message from IE8

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Google Hacks should complete the search.  However, an IE8 error message pops up 
saying:
"Internet Explorer has modified this page to help prevent cross-site scripting."

I searched on the error and turned off (disabled) xss filtering in IE8.  Still 
wouldn't work.
http://support.auctionsound.com/index.php/faqs/craigslist/96-internet-explorer-8
-cross-site-scripting-error

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.6

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. select from Type window-select Radio button of Book
2. validates and get file type window- point the arrow at right side of
check box of .pdf 
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
besides to(left side of) this check box .rtf this check box is not
appearing properly .

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
windowsXp

Please provide any additional information below.
if u point the arrow to any one right side of check box you will find same
improper appearence of check boxes of left side respectively.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Enter 'Bangalore' in Search string text field 
2. Select radio button against 'Tools'
3. Select radio button against 'Map' under 'Tools' section 
4. Click on 'Search' button

Result:
-------
         Observed that it pulled out some data(i.e. Mumbai,Hyderbad,Delhi,
Bangalore and so on) including 'Bangalore' city but it should show top 1
data as 'Bangalore' city instead of other city name(i.e.Mumbai). 

Describe method 1 and method 2 in proxy.
   - Uses google translate english to english
   - Uses google cell phone interface.

Cache should have other methods.. not just waybackmachine
   - Show url in google cache
   - Show url in google cache with &strip=1 (removal of images)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. So smal search area 
2. i can normal search , soft dint find any more pages 
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.6  vista

Please provide any additional information below.
the program works well when I search in English but when I search in Arabic
it does not work ,instead of the search results I get this "Your search -
-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent
directory" +description +size +(.mp3) "=D8=B1=D9=88=D8=AD" - did not match
any documents. "

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Select Music as search
2. Enter Beatles
3. Click Go

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
List of Beatles songs etc. Instead I get page not found - it looks like
www.bshirt.org is nnot a valid site.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
http://blueshirtstudio.ourtoolbar.com/Help/?version=2.0.0.59

Please provide any additional information below.
I don't see the same interface as displayed at
http://www.nirmaltv.com/2007/11/08/google-hacks-advanced-google-search-tool/ 
where
I heard about googlehacks.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Add file type to enrich file searching
2. Add option for browsing software (IE,firefox,opera)
3. make it portable software.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
the capability of google hack can be upgraded.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
version 1.6. windows xp

Please provide any additional information below.

You should use gnome's default browser instead.
I use epiphany, and it's annoying to have GoogleHacks open firefox...

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Clicking search in GoogleHacks
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Ubuntu 10.04 FireFox as default web bowser

Please provide any additional information below.
After installing libstdc++.so.5 from jaunty 9.10 repository. GoogleHacks open 
in lynx 10.04 but it dos'nt open FireFox

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. write string like jungle book in text box of search string 
2. click on search button through keyboard by hitting Enter key
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
it should select search button and do the searching.
instead of it i found it is not activating search button and done nothing.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

windows xp
Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Launch the program & type something in the search string field
2. click on the search button
3. it happens nothing

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
There is no comment on the terminal

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
version 1 on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. insert something to search for
2. press the Search button

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It should open the gnome default browser with the google search results for 
my query. Instead, nothing happens.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.6, Ubuntu 9.10, Google Chrome as default browser (tryed also setting 
firefox as default in gnome)

Please provide any additional information below.

none

1. Select radio box against 'Proxy'
2. Select radio box against 'Method 2' 
3. click on 'Search' button 

Result:
-------
         Observed that the following error: 
"Error
Unexpected server error. Please try your request again."

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Type in a search query
2. Hit the enter key
3. Nothing happens except a beep sound (alarm)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows XP, v1.6

Please provide any additional information below.

In the installation, it tries to install Autocomplete Pro, a piece of reporting 
malware. Please remove.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Enter following text in 'Search string' text field 
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ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffOur
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apologies for the inconvenience, but the page you requested"

2. Click on 'Search' button

Result:
-----
             Observed that the following error message displayed
"Bad Request
Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request."


What version of the product are you using? - I'm using Google Hack v1.6

On what operating system? - Windows XP 


One way we can fix this problem is to limit text area. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download and update AVG Free Edition.
2. Download and Install GoogleHacks.exe for Windows. 
3. You will get an Warning that it contains "Trogan Horse Agent.TGL " 

If it just a trackback feed which helps google track what all a user is
searching ? or is it really some Trogan ?

Last time I checked, this is called invasion on privacy... Please clarify !

Thanks and Regards,
Rochak Chauhan

[deleted issue]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Opening application
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
type "Application" is truncated into 2 lines on initial display.  Some of File 
types box is cut off
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
version 1.6 on OS X 10.4.10

Please provide any additional information below.
Screen grab attached

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Select radio button against 'Cache'
2. Enter 'yahoo' in Search string text field
3. Click on 'Search' button 

Result:
------
         Observed that the following error message is displayed:
"Unable to connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at web.archive.org."