Tuesday, 17. April 2007
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 17, 2007 at 2:00:00 PM CEST
Skype IM malware smut surfaces
Skype's Instant messaging client has once again been misused as a vector to spread malware.
The Pykse-A worm is spreading via Skype instant messages, posing as a chat message linking to a website featuring racy picture of a young, scantily-clad woman. Clicking on these messages does display pics of a model wearing black lingerie, but only after an attempt has been made to infect PCs using a Trojan downloader that installs other items of malware. Infected PCs spread the infection by sending a variety of short messages promoting soft-core smut to an infected user's online friends using the Skype API.
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