Trying to download Skype this morning I found a very strange link at the top of the Google listings.
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Clicking on the link brought me to this suspicious looking page, with a URL ending in skype.php, but nothing further.
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And the bottom of the page
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Clicking on the download link (either), brought me to a page that didn't even mention Skype at all (either in the URL or on the page), and wants me to input my email.
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Pretty sure this is some form of malware, adware or just collecting emails for spam purposes. Otherwise, there would be a little bit more of Skype on the detail pages.
However, getting to the actual Skype client isn't much easier. I tried to download the actual Official Skype client, and spent about 15 pages getting to the download.
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It appears they have a Chinese version as well. (http://skype.tom.com/). Perhaps Chinese government spyware o.s.? At least this download link didn't fail.
Here is a screenshot of the software at my desktop. The software has been signed by "BEIJING LEI TING WAN JUN NETWORK TECHNOLOGY LIMITED COMPANY" (here is the certificate in base64).
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