New Trojan Horse Spreading Through Skype

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Another Skype Security Threat Emerges

Yet another Trojan Horse has burrowed its way into the Skype network. According to Websense Security Labs, a new set of the Warezov/Stration malicious code has been discovered. This new code is currently spreading through the Skype network. Although the code itself is not self-propagating, which means Skype users will actually have to activate the Trojan Horse, when it runs, a URL is sent to all users within the user’s Contacts List.

This seems to be the same Skype attack I reported about, back in February

What Should I Be Looking For?

If you get a message from someone on Skype, that says “Check up this,” with a URL containing a hyperlink, DO NOT click on this. If you click on the link, you will be redirected to a site that is hosting a file named file_01.exe. You will then be prompted to run the file (note: there is no vulnerability within Skype). If you where to run the file, several other files are downloaded and run.

Once the Trojan has been installed it will sned the same message to all of your Skype contacts. So be careful, and, as always, if you do not know what it is, do not click on it!