Remote sites connected to by the worm currently contain content referencing "The Living Africa" ripped from a legitimate site: library.thinkquest.org. Some of the sites includes an invisible iframe, which sucks in content from online advertising companies. Others don't contain advertising content, and seem to contain just mirror of the legit page. However, they could be updated by hackers in future to contain malicious content if they so chose.
Sophos notes that there have been a number of worms which have spread via Skype instant messaging in the past. None of them have been particularly widespread compared to other major outbreaks of malware.
Since last year Sophos anti-virus products have been capable of policing which users in a business are allowed to run VoIP programs (including Skype) through Application Control. In regard to VoIP, this not only combats virus risks but also avoids bandwidth being eaten up by unauthorized communications.
Last year Sophos conducted a poll of system administrators and found that 86.1% of those who expressed an opinion wanted the power to control use of VoIP in their companies, with 62.8% saying blocking was essential.
The fact that Skype also contains an instant messaging component also raises concerns for system administrators, as it is potentially an avenue for data leakage as well as malware infestation. More and more companies are setting a policy as to what instant messaging client is to be used in the business, and whether it can be used for communicating with the outside world.