Typing 'http://:' Into a Skype Message Trashes the Installation Beyond Repair

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 3, 2015 @01:50AM from the bug-of-the-year dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A thread at the Skype community forums has brought to light a critical bug in Microsoft's Skype clients for Windows, iOS and Android: typing the incorrect URL initiator http://: into a text message on Skype will crash the client so badly that it can only be repaired by installing an older version and awaiting a fix from Microsoft. The bug does not affect OS X or the 'Metro'-style Windows clients — which means, effectively, that Mac users could kill the Skype installations on other platforms just by sending an eight-character message.

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Re:Oh well by penguinoid · 2015-06-03 02:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Watch out, everybody! There's a new Windows virus going about. See here for more information http://:

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