Worm Wiggles Through Skype
This post was published 2 years 1 month 27 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.A malicious work has begun to propagate across the internet via eBay’s Skype client.
The worm, which different vendors identify as Ramex, Skipi or Pykspa, uses Skype’s chat function to send users a short message that contains a link to a jpg file, according to a warning from the Internet Storm Center.
Skype warned users in a blog entry that by clicking on the link, the Windows Run/Save dialog box will pop up, asking for permission to save or run a .scr file. This is the virus file and should not be downloaded or run. [...] Arak noted that for this current attack, Skype’s researchers have been in contact with anti-virus vendors about updating their software to stop the worm. As of Tuesday morning, Skype reported that F-Secure, Kaspersky Labs, and Symantec protect against the worm.
As usual kids, never click on or open a file from someone you don’t know (or even someone that you do know) and be sure you virus definitions are ALWAYS up to date.
