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Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master

NRT-0132 Skype VoIP Worm:

A worm targeting Skype's Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application is harvesting email addresses and directing users to a range of sites hosting other malicious software, according to security vendors cited in an online press report. F-Secure called the worm "IM-Worm:W32/Pykse.A" and Sophos has named it "Mal/Pykse-A." Once a machine is infected, the worm sends a malicious link via instant messages to other users in a person's Skype contact list. The link leads to an executable file that downloads a Trojan capable of downloading other malicious software. The link also directs users to at least eight web sites with information about Africa. It is not clear what type of scam or harm those pages intend, but some of the sites have advertising on them, indicating that it might be a click-fraud scam, according to Sophos.

(infoworld.com 16APR07)

Last Modified: Friday, 20-Apr-2007 20:02:51 EDT