Caution: Skype Virus Circulating
We've been informed that a malicious worm is currently circulating which is trying to automatically spread itself via the Skype accounts of affected users. PokerStrategists should be particularly cautious as some of our members have already been affected.
As soon as the worm has infected a system it tries to automatically spread itself by sending out a message to all the Skype contacts of the affected user. The message currently says:
"hey is this your skype profile pic?"
Then a link to the picture in question follows and at the end of each link the Skype nickname of the targeted user is included:
"http://xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxx?image=[Skype nickname of target]" (Link removed)
Please be very careful when opening links that were sent to you by your friends and acquaintances.
If this warning didn't reach you in time and your system has already been infected, you can join the discussions in the following thread in order to figure out how to get rid of the worm in its current version (Currently the only discussions are in German where the worm first appeared, but we have started an English forum which links to the German original):
