Thursday, October 4, 2012

"hey is this your skype profile pic"

Skype Trojan remolval currently is a burning question in the Web world. It rotates on the Internet distributes itself via the Skype accounts of affected users. This parasite “enters” with the message “hey, is this your skype profile pic?” and then you receive a link (a normal short url starting with http://goo.gl..=your skype acc name) And most of us will just open that link. And that is how you can catch the virus. Then this malware will spread from your account to all your friends from the friend list. Even if you reinstall Skype the virus will continue to spread from you. The most effective way not to catch anything bad from the skype, make sure that this link was sent by your friends and not in the kind of spam. But if your system is already infected with this hoax you are recommended to perform the next steps:

How to fix my Skype

To stop this mess you are recommended to perform the next steps:
  1. open skype
  2. go to tools
  3. options
  4. advanced
  5. allow other programs access to skype

Now when you click that there should be 3 programs remove them all from the list. Not less important this you need to do is to download the reputable anti-virus, like GridinSoft Trojan Killer and launch the full scan. Make sure to update virus database before using it. If any questions occur, you are appreciated to leave a comment

http://www.deletemalware.net/skype-virus-beware-it/

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