This Smells. Bad.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by wolf

That article reads like a trojan carrier, doesn't it?

That's probably why they don't just redirect all the infected computers to a warning page; everyone will (correctly) assume that it's due to a virus, and (incorrectly, but reasonably) assume that the information on that page is malicious.

They're trying to get the news out via major news sources to as many users (and as many ISP help desks) as possible before turning off half a million people's internet.