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A New York Internet service provider is working to recover its hijacked domain name and e-mail services, according to a posting on its site Sunday in the US.
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Security researchers have discovered an attack aimed at would-be visitors to Google.com, one that attempts to download malicious programs onto the computers of people who simply mistype the search giant's Web address.
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