Skypenames2.exe – is it a virus

Today I got a pop-up in my Skype (version 5.0.0.105) asking me to allow access to Skypenames2.exe. I was perplexed as I was worried that this might be a virus.

I Googled Skypenames2.exe and found that it is not a virus. In fact it is an addon for FIrefox which highlights the telephone numbers on pages and creates a hyper link to the phone number which if clicked launches Skype and the number is dialled.

This has been confirmed by Skype and information on it can be found here.

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