[technology taskforce] Skype Virus: Need for an Advisory

[Daniel Nanghaka]

Hello All,

I did receive the link to in my Skype and I asked about it.

I will conduct more research into the malware. There is a software probably
that could have been installed which sniffs open IMs and auto sends link.

Check, if there are unknown programs in your program manager, and delete
them.

Secondly, update your antivirus program and do a full system scan.

Sometimes it even eats up files, and they fail to open with their
respective programs.



On Saturday, October 29, 2016, Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien at bachollet.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
> Good idea.
> Yes I did received this link from the Skype account of Maureen.
> It will be useful to explain how to avoid it and maybe also what to do if
> it is to late and you already click on the link?
> All the best
> SeB
>
> Sébastien Bachollet
> +33 6 07 66 89 33
> Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/
> Mail: Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien at bachollet.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sebastien at bachollet.com');>>
>
> De : <ttf-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ttf-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org');>> on
> behalf of Satish Babu <sbabu at ieee.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sbabu at ieee.org');>>
> Date : samedi 29 octobre 2016 17:03
> À : Dev Anand Teelucksingh <admin at ttcsweb.org
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> Objet : [technology taskforce] Skype Virus: Need for an Advisory
>
> Dear Dev and friends
> I had a request from Maureen on a Skype-based malware that sent a spam
> link to her entire contact list...a very embarrassing situation...
>
> It appears to be the one referred to here:
> https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2015/09/steer-
> clear-of-this-skype-spam/
>
> The actual spam message sent by the malware is as follows (with the
> recipient's name in the end):
>
> http://www.baidu.com/link?url=re04XeZ54BcvMs5I6_h3T8T9xfWdghVSpFxRxyoq3zW#
> jqybyqoc=pentaceros
>
> Would it be possible for TTF (once the Hyderabad rush is over), to send
> out an Advisory for At-Large on how to avoid this malware ?
>
>
>
>
>
> satish
>
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Daniel Nanghaka
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ISOC Uganda Chapter
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