Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Trojan horse targets Skype

Miscreants have again adapted the Warezov Trojan horse to <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6169973.html?tag=nl.r23660">target Skype users,</A> Websense Security Labs warned.

The attack is similar to threats that target instant-messaging applications. A targeted Skype user will receive a chat message with the text "Check up this" and a link to a malicious executable called "file_01.exe" on a Web site, Websense said in an alert. If the user runs the file, several other files are downloaded and run, it said.

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