Comments on: Skype Scare: Urgent. Please Read

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:03:51 +0000

I feel that Skype is still reliable. It was reliable enough to bump Yahoo! Messenger out of its throne. Gotta love this video chat software.

By: Jim Zboran

Jim Zboran — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:21:55 +0000

Glad I came across your warning here, Nicole. I’m very careful about attached files but, as you pointed out, this one is more clever than most. I’ll have be sure to pay close attention to the contents of zipped files before unzipping… Thanks for the heads-up!

By: Lexi

Lexi — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:25:17 +0000

I received several notifications just like this and for many people, this is obviously a malicious file and it shouldn’t be clicked! I’m quite amazed that a lot of people fell for this virus though. Always keep your Skype updated and be careful what you click on.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:03:42 +0000

Oh, I didn’t know Skype can be penetrated by malwares. I always feel that it is a secured application. Might have to go check mines, now.

By: Aayna

Aayna — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:33:40 +0000

Hi Nicole,
Thanks for bringing up this fact to my notice. I use Skype a lot to connect with my family. I will even forward the link of this blog to my friends and family. Thanks again for this valuable information.

By: Christine Brady

Christine Brady — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:51:54 +0000

Hi Nicole and Regina,

I read your post on my phone a couple days ago (while waiting in school car line no doubt), but anyway, I had to come back to it to share it with others –

I can only imagine what a horrible thing this must be to happen to people, but particularly to those of us working online all-the-time. I for one need to keep this info top of mind, as sometimes I get so busy multitasking that I have one thing downloading, while waiting for something else – lesson learned on staying aware of what I have going on and of course, watching out for the virus.

Thanks for sharing Nicole!

~Christine

By: Sandi Foster

Sandi Foster — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:25:39 +0000

Nicole.. I really appreciate your emails. They are always welcome and valuable. I am glad I saw this one before I got one of those messages. I may have thought better of opening it… but you never know right?

Thanks for the heads up.
Sandi

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:10:21 +0000

In reply to Diane Merriam. Diane, I am so glad you saw that it was an .exe file and stopped. I don't know if you saw, but I installed a virus a few weeks ago on my computer - a much tamer one, thank God, and it was awful. I just cant imagine this new one. UG. Thanks for sharing. N

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:09:12 +0000

In reply to Alice Coaxum.

Thank you, Alice.

I appreciate you.
N

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:08:47 +0000

In reply to Mark Mason.

Hoping that it will stay that way.

Hugs,
N