Another worm uses Skype to spread out
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Another worm is using the Skype VoIP client as a pipe to spread worldwide. The worm called Mal/Pykse-A tricks Skype users with a link to a chick (in picture). Clicking on the link of course leads to the PC infection.
While this isn’t the first worm to take advantage of Skype, IT system security company Sophos notes that none of them have been particularly widespread compared to other major outbreaks of malware.
Meanwhile, eBay yesterday published the financial results of the company for the last quarter. Skype’s profit has increased from $66 million in Q4 2006 to $79 million in Q1 2007, but the overall Skype-to-Skype and SkypeOut minutes stayed flat.
Apr 19, 2007 | By Nuno
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