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Thread ID: 89123 2008-04-21 15:25:00 Terminator endoskeleton skull Blade2 (6577) PC World Chat
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660906 2008-04-21 15:25:00 Hi

Has anyone heard of a virus that has a brief splash screen of the Terminator endoskeleton skull in the middle of a webpage and then the banner advert space displays a message: "Hello, this is your computer. I knew you would come here at x time". This has happened twice to me now yesterday and this morning at 2:02 am. If this is an advert (both times on coincidently on nzherald website), I am going to sue.
Blade2 (6577)
660907 2008-04-21 21:22:00 Do you hear voices that tell you to kill people? Battleneter2 (9361)
660908 2008-04-21 21:27:00 Do you hear voices that tell you to kill people?

Ahhh - the voices...

If you don't hear them, you're crazy...
Deane F (8204)
660909 2008-04-21 22:09:00 No voices telling me to kill so far...

I have a screen dump of the banner "advert"
Blade2 (6577)
660910 2008-04-21 22:34:00 I have just spoken to NZherald online guys and it is a "Terminator creative", and I have already re-built one computer because of this, not impressed at all. Blade2 (6577)
660911 2008-04-21 23:00:00 I have also changed bank login passwords etc... I am not impressed, there is enough sh#t out there with out this hoax rubbish. Blade2 (6577)
660912 2008-04-21 23:14:00 Its probably something you've installed, or you've got malware or rogue software.

I doubt its an ad on the Herald site

Post a snapshot so we know what youre talking about
Speedy Gonzales (78)
660913 2008-04-22 04:17:00 I spoke to someone at NZherald in their online advt dept. They have admitted to it being their own. Not sure how to post the screenshot here. Blade2 (6577)
660914 2008-04-28 10:52:00 Yep, I saw it on TV. I thought is was advertising some new program. Like remember there was that random ad a while ago, appearing to show some big foot movie, saying 'it's coming' etc when in the end it was just some funny maori guy with stupid bigfoot-shaped slippers?

...

Anyway (yeah I ramble) It could just be something like that. If exactly the same thing in on TV ads too then it definately not a virus.

So far I've seen it flash on TV and on bebo.
Apodal (13657)
660915 2008-04-28 11:08:00 I spoke to someone at NZherald in their online advt dept. They have admitted to it being their own. Not sure how to post the screenshot here.

www.imagef1.net.nz
sal (67)
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