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Skype Becomes Latest Black Hat SEO Hit

The VoIP company Skype carries the latest scam meant to spread rogue anti-virus software, according to John Leyden. He explains the message originates from an account named "Online Notification." Leyden describes the events that could lead an unsuspecting person to unknowingly download malware.

Black hat SEO scams remain the method to seed scare tactics. Skpe is no exception. People who follow fake search results onto a compromised site are redirected to scareware download sites, but only if they are referred from Google, Leyden writes.

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