Message from @ViperChan
Discord ID: 291708971243536385
If you still use Skype (and if you're like me that's because some stubborn friends of yours refuse to use Discord) might be a good idea to change your password.
Ahhh
oh ok
All the malicious links seem to be to a place called baidu.com. So whatever this is, it's from a single source.
baidu is Chinese censored google clone
That's what I found.
^if thats true i have to see this
"mao is a fat chink"
SOMEONE SAID CHINK WITHOUT KNOWING IT WAS A SLUR TODAY
Hmmm..
O-O
Apparently this has been happening for about a year.
Skype, sucking as hard as it does, hasn't fixed it.
Or maybe they have?
no
and by extent Microsoft
i dont think so
ive had like 4 skypes hacke
sd
It only seems to be affecting old, abandoned accounts, meaning on computers that are not actively running Skype. So that if malware is using it, they'd be using an old version of Skype.
A lot of people forcibly prevent Skype from updating because the newer versions of Skype are literal eye cancer.
*screams*
I stopped caring how horrible the newest version of Skype was once I moved to Discord.
So I just let it update itself.
Before that, I'd replace the update exe it downloads with a read-only text file named the same and with access rights removed. And I'd block the IP address it used to updates. Because Microsoft loved those forced updates and updating things stealthily without your consent.
By the time I got this new computer I was mostly converted over to Discord so I didn't bother implementing those barriers on Skype on this PC.
@Springband true, true
How do you do fellow kids
Juicy
Helloooo
I is good
Im ok
After browsing that thread, I think I know what's happening.
I think the accounts that are being compromised are on android-based phones and tablets.
oh
maybe
A lot of people don't realize you need anti-malware on those too.
all my account were from android phones
And a lot of advertising in games are infected.