Expert Kaspersky Lab Dmitry Bestuzhev reported immediately to the two major campaigns to disseminate a new Skype Trojan. In the first case of infection of the victim system is part of a botnet, contacting C & C-server using IRC protocol.
Victims receive messages like: "Like my new picture", "The funny pictures", "I like your picture", "Should I add this photo to Facebook?" Etc. It is further proposed to follow a link or http_://www.goo.gl/XXXXX?image=IMG0540250-JPG http://www.goo.gl/XXXXX?image=IMG0540250-JPG. The frequency of clicks on a malicious link was 10 thousand per hour (2.7 second). The largest number of victims recorded in Russia and Ukraine, among the victims were also people from China, Italy, Bulgaria and Taiwan.
