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searching using google spits out random characters. Example below after searching the letter j.

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Hi,

my google search has always worked perfectly but recently it is just giving a page of random characters. This happens both on the quick search icon and from google.com. Google is still working fine using Safari?

e.g.

‹ÿÔ}k{Û6Òè÷ü †Þ:RCѤ.¶,…ÉIšK»Û¦—¤íî›úø¯bL‰ IÙNý÷3ƒ ”l·Ùóî֍â: fƒøè¾ŸzåÇ,Ðå2y¬=ZĬÑÿ•q™ÃPh¯Ò4JíM@roñ舥`žÂËã¬||¯üôÊŒh6gsñâ»™þô·ìíÛõ?ߎó·ÑÏavü÷‹\7¢ „Äp½òÊ8]õHsIr͝_-â$è‘ÃÃû=bB¦§e™Çîº {®£Fõô öõ>üG %#y°*_§~0σr¯4÷óg‰ €l‹ÿü àNŽÆpz::6†§ÖøÔY#û~ÇÇøŒ‡ÆÈ>9¶ŒÑОŽtãâ›7ßÍ6ÁŸ(Ä»º\gñÝ+Üd].ÖEÏ,c™Ôèëo¶Æ½ŒDÁ›’”é@ýí÷3=XéF/9'CNo\iÏ!sQúòôú[#I#iL ×ðŒ€Œï`ï–І: ­ÆÂ ÍÄ3"|ÄFìèúÜ7ÓUçiîô0˜¤Äg!â¦yéHpøA”@pm¿?ǧãÏã°wß;èÛC>ª”†zA޾w¼ÏŸõ£(X­ñÔìć^ ÙÉCýÐ8ô‡îß®ë:JÚs»È=çý;âDm@…7{wf$1`ú=Œþ ž÷Œó ÂÄ)óu°5‚}‰î,I=‚‰æ‚‹ÃCåõ¾ƒ#æ^Ά–‘-gz¬Y‚Í/=h¶€sb¬gºwêÚÓÐBx›¦‰$ål³ÝÎ{Rˈ ÂÈ|?ç32]eiV qÈC“¦ð{;Ó¼GçŸcÞÜsÞéÄ× Ýõà'^e9> øÉð‚)ý! üÅŸSŠ8Ä\EB³þê××ðó ‹|ú¤Ÿ½s><›÷kȁÎÈ»à¬^bfëbÑ{

Hi, my google search has always worked perfectly but recently it is just giving a page of random characters. This happens both on the quick search icon and from google.com. Google is still working fine using Safari? e.g. ‹ÿÔ}k{Û6Òè÷ü †Þ:RCѤ.¶,…ÉIšK»Û¦—¤íî›úø¯bL‰ IÙNý÷3ƒ ”l·Ùóî֍â: fƒøè¾ŸzåÇ,Ðå2y¬=ZĬÑÿ•q™ÃPh¯Ò4JíM@roñ舥`žÂËã¬||¯üôÊŒh6gsñâ»™þô·ìíÛõ?ߎó·ÑÏavü÷‹\7¢ „Äp½òÊ8]õHsIr͝_-â$è‘ÃÃû=bB¦§e™Çîº {®£Fõô öõ>üG %#y°*_§~0σr¯4÷óg‰ €l‹ÿü àNŽ''Æpz::6†§ÖøÔY#û~ÇÇøŒ‡ÆÈ>9¶ŒÑОŽtãâ›7ßÍ6ÁŸ(Ä»º\gñÝ+Üd].ÖEÏ,c™Ôèëo¶Æ½ŒDÁ›’”é@ýí÷3=XéF/9'CNo\iÏ!sQúòôú[#I#iL ×ðŒ€Œï`ï–І: ­ÆÂ ÍÄ3"|ÄFìèúÜ7ÓUçiîô0˜¤Äg!â¦yéHpøA”@pm¿?ǧãÏã°wß;èÛC>ª”†zA޾w¼ÏŸõ£(X­ñÔìć^ ÙÉCýÐ8ô‡îß®ë:JÚs»È=çý;âDm@…7{wf$1`ú=Œþ ž÷Œó ÂÄ)óu°5‚}‰î,I=‚‰æ‚‹ÃCåõ¾ƒ#æ^Ά–‘-gz¬Y‚Í/=h¶€sb¬gºwêÚÓÐBx›¦‰$ål³ÝÎ{Rˈ ÂÈ|?ç32]eiV qÈC“¦ð{;Ó¼GçŸcÞÜsÞéÄ× Ýõà'^e9> øÉð‚)ý! üÅŸSŠ8Ä\EB³þê××ðó ‹|ú¤Ÿ½s><›÷kȁÎÈ»à¬^bfëbÑ{

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