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I'm using 8.8.8.8. Does this mean I might have a problem now (virus or similar)?

You wouldn't have been affected at all if you aren't in Brazil or Venezuela.

That's not how I read it. It seems as though all traffic (globally) to those net blocks was rerouted to Venezuela, for a brief period.

The rerouting affected networks in that country and Brazil for 22 minutes, BGPMon said.