More likely they have hacked into "GoDaddy":
myftpsite.net = [ 63.64.164.96 ]
(Asked whois.godaddy.com:43 about myftpsite.net)
Registrant:
Deerfield.com
Registered through: GoDaddy.com Inc. http://www.godaddy.com
Domain Name: MYFTPSITE.NET
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.DNS2GO.COM
NS2.DNS2GO.COM
NS5.DNS2GO.COM
For complete domain details go to:
(Asked whois.crsnic.net:43 about =myftpsite.net) (show)
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Domain Name: MYFTPSITE.NET
Registrar: GODADDY.COM INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS1.DNS2GO.COM
Name Server: NS2.DNS2GO.COM
Name Server: NS5.DNS2GO.COM
Status: ok
Updated Date: 07-jan-2008
Creation Date: 05-jan-2001
Expiration Date: 05-jan-2010
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On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:27 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V
Johnson<[email protected]> wrote:
> I've gotten the same bogus Blacklight Power emails from three separate
> independent Email accounts. All the same bogus URLs. Apparently,
> others have gotten the same bogus email alerts as well.
>
> Most of the analysis expressed so far seems to describe various symptoms.
>
> What is causing the symptoms?
>
> Who, or what is behind the symptoms?
>
> Those are the questions I originally asked.
>
> What is causing Google to generate bogus misleading Blacklight Power
> "alerts" that have absolutely nothing to do with Blacklight Power?
>
> Seems to me that someone has figure out a way to hack into (or hijack)
> Google's News Alert feature.
>
> Regards
> Steven Vincent Johnson
> www.OrionWorks.com
> www.zazzle.com/orionworks
>
>
