Skype suddenly not opening (crashes before load) [ Edited ]

[stephenjames]

Hi

Skype was running fine and has been for years until last night. The only changes made were encrypting my hard drive with file vault and installing some updates. 

Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50b)

The skype logo appears on the dock, but the application never loads. All I can do is click force quit on the dock icon. I've restarted, and tried reinstalling skype twice but I have the same issue.

I also removed everything Skype-related in my Library - but the problem persists.

Please help

[AnnaTomic]

You may have a malware.

Check out the mac malware blog on the Intego website.