Skype hijack link (possible noob question)

[garyoakfj]

2 weeks ago i accidentally clicked on a malicious link sent by a friend who had their skype hijacked, led to a weight loss page but installed a keylogger onto my system. i managed to get rid of the keylogger (program installed from something called Proxy Labs and registry infection would recreate files that were supposedly deleted, had to use Unlocker to manually delete the files and ended up wiping my hard drive to be safe) back then, but even though i changed the password, My account was used to send a new link to what i think is the same page to all of my skype friends. the link i clicked on was t.co originally, but the one that was sent through my account was https://www.linkedin.com/slink?code=ewUdP5Q#cid=nintendokami("nintendokami" being the username respective to who the link was sent to). the strange thing is, i had a few of them send their task manager processes list to me, but i didn't see anything out of the ordinary, and even 2 of my more tech savvy friends believe nothing is wrong, but 1 of them will have a senior technician look at their machine on monday.

Anyway, I thought i had changed my password after i had wiped my hard drive and had a local technician give me an 'all clear', but someone still had access to my account even after i did that, presumably logging what my skype password was before i wiped the hard drive. i changed my password again and sent a help ticket to Skype customer service. are there any other precautions i should take?

 

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[TwinHeadedEagle]

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