Received a wierd IM dealing with Skype. Can someone help me understand?
 

Hi,

This is my first post ever, so bear with me if its in the wrong location. I checked and this seemed most fitting from what I saw.

I recieved an IM to my phone from "Registry.online.scs671" believe it is from a skype account. I thought that there would be an OTA update for something like skype. It wants me to add this as a contact to make the link work. The link it wants me to go to is <URL removed>. :eek:

I am not following instructions on this as I have seen bs(sketchy looking emails) like this mess up computers, but if someone knows something I don't it would be great!

PS. New to skype as well, does this happen often with skype on the computer?

Re: Recieved a wierd IM dealing with skype. Can someone help me understand.
 

I get skype IM spam all the time. If you get a msg from anyone you don't know, just ignore it and block them (can you block people on n900 skype client?)

Re: Recieved a wierd IM dealing with skype. Can someone help me understand.
 

skype spam. Ignore/delete.

FORUM MODS URL Points to a fake AV Scanner Site

Re: Recieved a wierd IM dealing with skype. Can someone help me understand.
 

Sounds like a spam message. It happens quite often in skype.

In case you have doubts about something like this you should scan through the forums to know if there is an authentic update.

Re: Recieved a wierd IM dealing with skype. Can someone help me understand.
 

Thank you, didn't realize would get spam with skype. Thank you all for your quick reply.

Re: Recieved a wierd IM dealing with skype. Can someone help me understand.
 

I have gotten it many times too. Just block the user as suggested by stipaul.

Re: Recieved a wierd IM dealing with skype. Can someone help me understand.
 

Can you edit your post and remove the URL? It really does point to a fake AV malware site that could be dangerous for any poor souls running windows.

Re: Received a wierd IM dealing with Skype. Can someone help me understand?
 

Guys,

Please make sure that on your computer version of Skype, you check the privacy option "Only people in my contact list can send me Skype messages". This ensures that you won't get these kind of spams in the future.

People can still contact you and add you to their Skype lists, but will see you offline until you explicitely accept them.

Re: Received a wierd IM dealing with Skype. Can someone help me understand?
 

Thats not only happening on Skype, its also happening on MSN. So just ignore it.