Skype ads infecting customers machine

[Galdorf]

Tried to find out where all this spyware a customer was getting how it got into his machine asked him what he uses his computer for mostly chatting on Skype so i open up Skype on his machine and all of a sudden fake java and flash update ads start popping up.
It was getting so bad that someone even tried setting up a botnet using Skype: https://threatpost.com/adware-laden-skype-botnet-disrupted/113164

I have gone into Skype and removed ads you should have seen his antivirus go off every few minutes when ads would change not good.

 

[gadgetfixup]

I've noticed with the new Skype updates the ads are more invasive and "in your face" but I haven't seen any trigger an a/v or malware program. Can you turn off ads without a paid subscription to Skype? I thought only paid subscriptions can kill the ads.

My biggest peeve with Skype is the memory footprint it consumes. It's a growing monster and on machines that rarely reboot it's insane how it grows. I've seen running 250MBs to 500MBs Skype processes competing right up there with Firefox and the insane amount of memory it now requires. Really a browser needs half a GB to surf the web? Well, at least it keeps giving us reason to sell RAM upgrades

 

[nlinecomputers]

I doubt Skype is the real issue. You've got something else running on that thing that is hijacking Skype. Or Skype itself has been compromised. Didn't they recently have a security patch roll out for Skype?

 

[Galdorf]

I've noticed with the new Skype updates the ads are more invasive and "in your face" but I haven't seen any trigger an a/v or malware program. Can you turn off ads without a paid subscription to Skype? I thought only paid subscriptions can kill the ads.

My biggest peeve with Skype is the memory footprint it consumes. It's a growing monster and on machines that rarely reboot it's insane how it grows. I've seen running 250MBs to 500MBs Skype processes competing right up there with Firefox and the insane amount of memory it now requires. Really a browser needs half a GB to surf the web? Well, at least it keeps giving us reason to sell RAM upgrades

I just block ip and ports the ads are on no more ads ,what is funny is av on office computer keeps going off every time skype is running i just block the ads ip-port and no more ads.
It is not Skype that is the problem its the ad server that is the problem there has been a number of times bad ads have got through in past and some are still they allow flash,java ect to run on ads bad idea thing is the ads don't hit everyone at once they are targeted through RTB.
https://threatpost.com/ad-networks-ripe-for-abuse-via-malvertising/111840