Skype sends Baidu link - what is it?
If Skype acts independently, sends links to the Baidu website via your account, or if you receive these links, you should act quickly. We'll show you what to do now.
Baidu links via Skype: is this dangerous?
- If a Skype account sends links to the Baidu website, you should not open them. Baidu is a Chinese version of Google. However, it is unclear which website you will be forwarded to. You can expect anything from rip-off to viruses.
- The links are sent when a stranger has taken control of the Skype account concerned. The hackers don't want to take away the Skype account from you, they just want to send the links to your friends via your account.
- In most cases, a virus is responsible for the whole thing. This has nested in your system and, among other things, read out and forwarded your Skype password. Your password may have been too simple and has been cracked (tips for a secure password). Big data theft on Skype is also an option, but is rarely the case.
- If you just got the Baidu link from another contact, you don't have to worry much. As long as you don't click the link, nothing can happen to you. However, you must point out the contact that the links will be sent via his account.
- However, if the links are sent via your Skype account, you have to act yourself. Read on in the next paragraph.
Create a secure password for Skype
Skype sends Baidu links: first aid
- The first thing you should do is change your password. This allows you to easily lock out the attackers. If you have also used the password in connection with your email address on other websites and programs, you should change the passwords there as well. In the following practical tip, we will show you how to change your Skype password.
- You should then run a virus scan. If your Skype password was read by a malware, it can happen again and again. The free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program is considered extremely reliable.
Virus check with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
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