Has my DNS been hijacked? (FTP problem)

I am connecting by FTP to this machine as root to edit some root-owned files in Transmit. Now I open
/private/var/log/ftp.log
and I see log entries like this
<pre style='font-family: Monaco;width: 90%; margin: auto; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #B1B5B9; background: #EEEFF1;'>FTP LOGIN FROM hoetechnology.com as root (class: real, type: REAL)</pre>
Google revealed that hoetechnology.com is a notorious malware site that fools Mac users into installing a bogus codec that instead hijacks your DNS.
Examining my own computer revealed my DNS settings were default, so no viruses had hijacked my DNS.
Examining my router revealed the same default DNS settings.
Examining my DSL modem revealed that the modem was set to Earthlink DNS servers, so that apparently is the DNS I am using.
I even flushed my DNS cache to no avail.
Does anyone know what this means?

Note: ran into this SAME pinkteentop.com thing.
Converted my Host table over from Tiger based off
this source:
# This MVPS HOSTS file is a free download from: #
# http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ #
# Notes: the browser does not read this "#" symbol #
# You can create your own notes, after the # symbol #
# This must be the first line: 127.0.0.1 localhost #
# ------------------Updated: 08-18-07---------------------#
Umm this really freaked me; from reading my routing table, it
"hijacked" my ip address and made it look like it installed itself
on my internal network 192.168.x.x
If this fell into...it looks like a vector/hole/exploit.
i'm going to use a blocking host table **** or High Water;
have for long time and it has served me well.
Because the routing table gets messed, i proposed that
an internal trojan/virus was installed, was broadcasting
back to pinkteentop and was using my machine as a
replicator of their ***** relay.
Jim

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