These are bogus messages, sent by people that are trying to get you to click something and install a virus or a bad program on your computer. Ignore them, or if you want to report them to Skype, block the user and check the box for reporting the message as spam.
Remember, people can make a Skype chat message say anything they like, even try to make it look like an official warning from Windows; but the chat message is still nothing more than a chat message. As such, handle it like any other chat message: If it makes sense to you and comes from a friend, you might answer it. If it makes no sense, don't answer it. If it contains a link, even if the message is from a friend, make sure the link was sent intentionally and that it makes sense for your friend to have sent it. If in doubt, use another means, such as a phone call or email, to check with your friend before clicking. As an aside, it sometimes surprises me how much effort is put into these sorts of deceptive messages, because they mostly victimize the people who haven't had a chance to learn how better to defend themselves. In fighting and technology alike, there is no victory in defeating someone who has no skill or defense. There is, however, both victory and honor in teaching those people how better to gain from what they have. On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 04:42:44AM -0700, Dominique wrote: Hello, on skype the other day, I got the following message via my skype account for tutorials. And I have no idea how that got to my account. What do you think i should do, ignore it, or do what the message says? It's really strange though I don't think i should trust it. [12/1/2010 5:44:33 PM] Online Support: WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION URGENT SYSTEM SCAN NOTIFICATION ! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY !! http://www.updatedt.com/ For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser ! FULL DETAILS OF SCAN RESULT BELOW **************************************** WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected malware on your computer ! Affected Software: Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection / Unexpected shutdowns Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair utility immediately Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below ! Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction. http://www.updatedt.com/ For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser! I didn't do it, but skype experts, what do you think? Is this a trick? -- Dominique: Writing via Thunderbird in Vinux. Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
