Worm In Skype
Computer security analysts are studying reports of a worm that may be circulating via a feature in Skype's popular Voice over IP service.
Security vendor Websense said the worm spreads through Skype's chat feature. Users receive a message asking them to download a file called "sp.exe." The executable is a Trojan horse that can steal passwords. If a user runs the Trojan it triggers another set of code to spread itself.
The first infected PCs appeared in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Korea, Websense reported on its blog today. It said it was still investigating the issue. The rest of the article can be found <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128258-c,trojanhorses/article.html">here
-ZTB
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ghost 17 years ago
ROFL! These things still get me.
Skype:"Hey, would you like to download sp.exe"
Victim:"Well, i don't know what it does, and the title is so …obviously cool sounding (</sarcasm>) that i think i just will download that file!"
ghost 17 years ago
Haha =P why am I not suprised? And how the heck can you be so stupid to download that without checking what it is? :xx:
SySTeM 17 years ago
I just do, it used to always auto-sign in even when I unticked the box and stuff
ghost 17 years ago
lol. I actually really like skype, If your from hbh and love site, read this hbh thread. But come one, you would have to be so god damn thick to download that - its like going to these thinking its google - http://www.google.com/ http://www.google.com/
ghost 17 years ago
Or the link ends with .jpg, like for example: index.php?somename.jpg and everyone thinks that's an image :D Really, everyone is to naif, they don't think anymore: Hey a link.. I wonder what will happen if I click it.. Hmm it's a virus, wadaya know :angry:
Uber0n 17 years ago
Well I've never used Skype (wtf, I have MSN.. duh xD) but as nights_shadow said: those who download it have themselves to blaim lol
ghost 17 years ago
has this actually happened to anyone?? i'm on skype almost 24/7 and haven't had anything happen yet. not that im sitting here waiting for it, but really….lol
ghost 17 years ago
wow- and can we ask ho much shares eBay owns of Skype?? If someone was to sue! lol
thk-geo 17 years ago
Koreans never learn… Even my grandmother knows that she shouldnt open unknown programs
ghost 17 years ago
skype is ballls anyway, but surely they are all vulnerable from this kinda stuff?