I got a message that came up on my skype. I do not understand it fully. There was a yellow (!) over the skype icon. Here is the message. [10/17/2009 7:41:11 PM] Online Notification: ****************************************** URGENT SYSTEM SCAN NOTIFICATION ! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY !! http://www.updatesp.org/ For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser ! FULL DETAILS OF SCAN RESULT BELOW ****************************************** WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected malware on your computer ! Affected Software: Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection / Unexpected shutdowns Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair utility immediately Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below ! Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction. http://www.updatesp.org/ For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser ! Jesus Loves You! Keyboard not detected. Hit F1 to Continue. BREAKFAST.SYS HALTED Cerial port not Responding!!

Haved you clicked on that link or on any buttons on whatever popped up when you started skype? i_Xp/VistaUser

I did not click the link. The reason I did not click the link is because I have heard things like phony virus warnings on alot of IM programs. I scanned the "C:\Program Files\Skype\" folder with super antispyware avg and antimaleware bytes. No infections were found. Also I just done a full AVG scan today. My AVG is the paid retail version not the free version and all selections are checked to be scanned rootkits unknown ETC are checked. I am just scared this may be a hoax but maybe not. Is there any other program I can use to scan? I also ran spybot yesterday. <edit> I just clicked the link. I did not see anything to download. I am almost 100% sure it is a hoax now. Jesus Loves You! Keyboard not detected. Hit F1 to Continue. BREAKFAST.SYS HALTED Cerial port not Responding!!

It is a hoax for shure! for shure! http://forum.skype.com/index.php?sh... It reports that windows files are infected. Even on mac OS ha ha ha. Jesus Loves You! Keyboard not detected. Hit F1 to Continue. BREAKFAST.SYS HALTED Cerial port not Responding!!

Yes it is a hoax. Unfortunately computing.net hyperlink is once in a while buggy. In any event I managed to find the topic link you posted in two different posts at Skype and I have placed them below in parenthesis to ensure that whoever need help will find it. (http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=106534) and (http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2007/11/fake_malware_alert.html) By the way if you need to read them, just copy & paste the URLs without the parenthesis. i_Xp/VistaUser

This is definitely a scam! _________________________________ http://cid-556a72d9038a7868.spaces....

It's fake, completely fake. Just ignore it, and close out of that window if it pops up. Don't fall for something like that =P updatesp.org is also a website trying to imitate "Updatexp.com" again, don't fall for it.