This is just a quick reminder on why it's not a good idea to follow strange links you receive on social media or IM clients such as Skype.
According to US security firm Malwarebytes, users in countries like Japan, India, and the Philippines are currently seeing a spam campaign that's trying to lure them to malicious websites.
The campaign is carried out via Skype and using Bit.ly links to hide the infected website's URL. The format of the message is mostly the same, and crooks are trying to entice users on clicking the URL by promising a funny photo.
In one example, Japanese users are seeing messages in the form of [Translated] "too much bit.ly/7_random_characters?profile_image=Skype_contact_name"
Spam campaign delivers Trojan.Injector disguised as a screensaver file
When users click the link, they'll be redirected to a site that pushes a file download. The file has been cleverly renamed to show two file extensions in the form of filename.JPEG.SCR.
