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Stories about: Skype spam

New Palevo Variant Spreading on Skype A new variant of the notorious Palevo (Butterfly) worm is spreading on Skype and tricks users into visiting malicious URLs by suggesting that they might lead to pictures of themselves. New spam campaigns, which bear the characteristics of Palevo outbreaks, have been reported by Skype users on various forums and websi... 17 August 2010 15:30 GMT Fake Antivirus Distributed Through Skype Spam Scareware distributors have started using Skype as a channel for pushing their fake security software. The spam masquerades as official online notifications and deceptive account names are used.Fake AVs, also known as scareware or rogueware, are useless applications that trick users into paying for license fees in or... 6 October 2009 10:17 GMT