Thursday, October 4, 2012

virus in Skype that spreads via goo.gl links

Skype Trojan is currently rotates on the Internet distributes itself via the Skype accounts of affected users. It tends to automatically spread itself by sending out a message with the following content: “hey, is this your skype profile pic”? This question and the notice with the suggestion to download some suspicious file can be received from your friends or colleagues. Then link to the picture in question follows and at the end of each link the Skype nickname of the targeted user is included: "http://xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxx?image=[Skype nickname of target]" Please do not open the links of such type even they are sent from your friends or acquaintances. They do not sent them, merely their skype account have been hacked. But if your system is already infected with this hoax you are recommended to perform the next steps:

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How to fix my Skype

To stop this mess you are recommended to perform the next steps:
  1. open skype
  2. go to tools
  3. options
  4. advanced
  5. allow other programs access to skype

Now when you click that there should be 3 programs remove them all from the list. Not less important this you need to do is to download the reputable anti-virus, like GridinSoft Trojan Killer and launch the full scan. Make sure to update virus database before using it. If any questions occur, you are appreciated to leave a comment

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