i tried searching for "test" just to see and got a pop up that said my computer was infected. the one time i use the pirate bay...anyone else willing to check it out and see if it actually installs malware? i was using chrome.

You are getting some text with a picture, that is not a working site.

No, you won't be able to search for anything. That site just proxies your searches to thepiratebay.se, which is down.

It now searches just fine.