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Category: Windows Risk factor: N/A Added: 8 Oct 2008
Synopsis:

TOM-Skype is running on the remote host.

Description:

TOM-Skype is a variant of the popular 'Skype' VoIP application done in conjunction with TOM Online, a popular Chinese Internet Provider.

The remote version of TOM-Skype filters out some incoming keywords that the official version of Skype does not, and apparently does not guarantee the confidentiality of text messages sent through this
network.

See also:

http://www.nessus.org/u?6c6babaf
http://2006.recon.cx/en/f/vskype-part2.pdf
http://skype.tom.com

Solution:

Make sure that use of this software is in agreement with your organization's security policies.

Risk factor:

None

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