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Edit to add: you also didn't have to go and buy any Anti-virus software. The free and opensource Clamxav could have cleaned it up for you:
http://www.clamxav.com/
Question is it possible to over load the internet?
... but from what I understand, cache poisoning would direct you to another site. Flavoring the ads on the sites you visit doesn't seem to be how it works. (And have you installed that latest security update patching that flaw?)
Technically, I don't think you infected CenterNetworks, because your problem didn't cause anybody else to see CN's site with those ads. I mean, it was limited to your machine, right?
No, I didn't infect CenterNetworks with my foolishness. But my confusion caused him some grief.
That was pretty ridiculous, to have a virus that overlaid the banner ads is a pretty effective technique, the average user might not even know they were infected and it leaves the vector open for future trouble-making.
It makes me wonder if we are going to be seeing more OS X machines in botnets in the future, and if so, what does that mean for security professionals who have become used to only having to defend PCs.