[liberationtech] Skype Manager Chinese

[Robert Guerra]

Frank,


In light of the recent Skype Malware attacks being reported by EFF & The CitizenLab, well, i'd suggest your colleague proceed with caution. 

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Robert Guerra
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Munk Centre for Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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Email: robert at citizenlab.org
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On 2012-06-21, at 11:20 AM, <frank at journalistsecurity.net> <frank at journalistsecurity.net> wrote:

> I just got the message below from a colleauge at NPR who discovered emails from "Skype Manager" in Chinese. I presume she should delete them. Anyone have any thoughts? Thank you. FS
> 
> Subject: Skype messages in Chinese?
> 
> Hi, ITSupport--
> 
> I'm at home, trying to get over a bad cold, so I checked my emails today using mail.npr.org and see that I'm getting emails today from "Skype Manager" in Chinese today. Should I delete these messages without opening them?
> 
> Carol
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