Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: Woka on October 06, 2012, 09:54:21 pm
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Well alot of you have been getting msg's on skype like this
Hey is this your new profile picture? Some Random Ass URL here (http://Some Random Ass URL here)
DONT CLICK THE MOFO LINK!!
Well,you all by know most of you think it's some troll thing that when you click it,it repeats the msg to all your friends.
But there's a thing behind it,it's a keylogger made to watch over you and try to accsess your bank accounts and other stuff that may have value to the creator.It then sends all the info back to the creator to have his way with it.
Skype Heads have not said anything on this yet,But It Is Said It Was Made On The Eastern Hemisphere.People are getting freaked out on what to do if you encounter this.
This Vid Should help.
Spot and FIX the "2012 skype virus" "fix skype virus" (skype keylogger) (skype trojan) English (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiAJKnkLRxo#ws)
something a freind sent to help me,If you have been effected by the Skype virus follow this:
Change your Skype password immediately
https://login.skype.com/account/password-reset-request (https://login.skype.com/account/password-reset-request)
In Skype application,
Go to, Tools >> Options... >> Advanced Settings
Click Manage other programs' access to skype
Remove any unknown application (if any)
download malwarebytes
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ (http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/)
Run MBAM and use the FileASSASSIN tool to delete the all exe file found under AppData directory
C:\Users\tamim\AppData\Roaming
restore performance counter setting from backup (If any)
After you have used malwarebytes then do this online scan.
to make sure you have nothing else hiding away.
http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/ (http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/)
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Although I don't use Skype often, thank you for the advice!
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You and Warren have been sending me those messages like 5times now ;/
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Wait, how can they access your bank on the bank website?
You still need your card and a home device to plug it in, right?
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Not all of them, some banks just require card numbers to type in and withdraw/transfer.
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I got this message 2 times from Warren over msn, the first time i clicked... and it directed me to a .rar file, i didnt download the .exe file which was inside the .rar file altho i did directly scan the whole .rar file and nothing was found, even altho the result was fine im currently scanning again.
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wow, i received that and i was almost opening it :S
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I got this message 2 times from Warren over msn, the first time i clicked... and it directed me to a .rar file, i didnt download the .exe file which was inside the .rar file altho i did directly scan the whole .rar file and nothing was found, even altho the result was fine im currently scanning again.
What have you..
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Yes.. my computer is currently a bit f*cked up..
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Yea,I got it from Warren but I was wondering why it was a download and when I opened it it was an application,scanned it,nothing,went ahead and click it,then my skype popped up and started going crazy with all my contacts.
Warren was dumb enough to do it again :razz:
Anyway I did what that guy said,run multiple full system scan.Then be even more safe,did a system restore 3hours back intime.
If you need more help on this contact me.
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I got pissed as soon this came into my skype.
I'm doing what you say in hope it'll work :P
Thanks
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Wow, you guys are DUMB.
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Warren sent me it, I have downloaded it, but didn't open. Will that effect on my pc?
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Warren sent me it, I have downloaded it, but didn't open. Will that effect on my pc?
Well... I never sent you it.. :/
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Well, you should know that clicking any URL, unless in a conversation with the person in question, is risky.
MSN has had this kind of bots aswell, up to us to avoid them by not clicking them, right?
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NUUUHHH i haev goot nort0n s0 i dunt n33d to be w0rri3d.
not
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Fortunately nothing yet, but heard from a few others about it... hopefully will be sorted.
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This virus is smart,you don't even have to open the download,once you click the link your dead,from what I heard.
Once it opens it deletes the virus feeding off of Skype.And your norton probably won't catch it,mine did not.
If you've clicked on the link and have not cleaned the virus,Don't log into bank account,paypals,Facebook,anything that may have value.
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This virus is smart,you don't even have to open the download,once you click the link your dead,from what I heard.
Once it opens it deletes the virus feeding off of Skype.And your norton probably won't catch it,mine did not.
If you've clicked on the link and have not cleaned the virus,Don't log into bank account,paypals,Facebook,anything that may have value.
First of all, this is a very basic (and stupid) virus, that uses humans to infect machines, instead of doing so by other means. This means that you are most likely just fine if you did not launch that program. However, if you did download the archive, you should still scan your PC.
Scan your PC with http://www.malwarebytes.org/ (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) and make sure you remove the archive if you downloaded it (if you ran it, it is likely that it still is on your computer, in a temporary download folder, google to find it).
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i have heard about it, but never experienced it, however there was a same one for MSN
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i have heard about it, but never experienced it, however there was a same one for MSN
More like a thousand same ones