Links bearing your Skype id are malicious and should never be clicked. I believe clicking one of these gives away access to your Skype account, and subsequently you will find that your Skype account is sending out similar links to your contacts.
I have long ago seen a message telling me to type "update" into a chat window. It was part of a valid conference and, I assume in that context at least, is a valid alert indicating that the chat itself is based on an old and obsolete Skype messaging technology. I believe the host or an admin must follow that directive in order to make the chat work properly going forward, but I have not proven this. In general, typing a text line (that does not begin with a slash) into a Skype chat window is harmless, but clicking an unexpected link is dangerous. On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 06:32:27PM -0500, John Holcomb II via Skypeenglish wrote: No, but I have gotten weird links with my name somewhere in the middle of it by more than one person. I found that pretty odd. Anyone got that? and no, I never did bother to open the convos. -----Original Message----- From: ken lawrence via Skypeenglish Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 6:24 PM To: screen readers' access to skype and its interface. Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] message I don't quite understand. yeah it does smell rotten. ever gotten it yourself? likely malware or ransim ware. -----Original Message----- From: Michele Barbi via Skypeenglish Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 10:41 AM To: screen readers' access to skype and its interface. Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] message I don't quite understand. Ken, I sincerely recomend you to ignore this request, it seems to me like something bad... Bye! Barbuz Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] to modify yoru subscription visit the list info link at the bottom of this email, or click the link in the email you receive with your list password each month. thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] to modify yoru subscription visit the list info link at the bottom of this email, or click the link in the email you receive with your list password each month. thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] to modify yoru subscription visit the list info link at the bottom of this email, or click the link in the email you receive with your list password each month. thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so." - Josh Billings, 1818-1885 (in "Solemn Thoughts") Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] to modify yoru subscription visit the list info link at the bottom of this email, or click the link in the email you receive with your list password each month. thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com
